Military Quotes Menu General George S. Patton – Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller P: Packenham – Pyrrhus Military Quotes and Quotations “Nothing concentrates the military mind so much as the discovery that you have walked into an ambush.” – Thomas Packenham, British historian “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the […]
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Military Quotes Robin Olds – George Orwell
Military Quotes Menu O: Olds – Orwell Military Quotes and Quotations “Anybody who doesn’t have fear is an idiot. It’s just that you must make the fear work for you. Hell, when somebody shot at me, it made me madder than hell, and all I wanted to do was shoot back.” – General Robin Olds, […]
Military Quotes Horatio Lord Nelson – Alfred Nobel
Military Quotes Menu Napoleon N: Lord Nelson – Alfred Nobel Military Quotes and Quotations “Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting him alone” – Admiral Viscount Nelson, May 1794. During the attack on Bastin Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson (1758 – 1805), British naval commander in the […]
Military Quotes Anthony C. McAuliffe – Tu Mu / Du Mu
Military Quotes Menu General Douglas MacArthur – Niccolo Machiavelli – Benito Mussolini M: McAuliffe “Nuts” – Tu Mu Military Quotes and Quotations “Nuts” – Brig. General Anthony C. McAuliffe Brig. General Anthony C. McAuliffe was Acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge in World War 11. He was in […]
Military Quotes Nick Lappos – Frank Lowe
Military Quotes Menu Sir Basil H. Liddell Hart – Abraham Lincoln L: Lappos – Lowe Military Quotes and Quotations “If you’re in a fair fight, you didn’t plan it properly.” – Nick Lappos, Chief R&D Pilot, Sikorsky Aircraft. I must follow them. I am their leader. – Andrew Bonar Law, 1858-1923 “With two thousand years […]
Military Quotes Karl XII (Carolus Rex) – Mikhail I. Kutuzov
Military Quotes Menu John F. Kennedy K: Karl XII – Kutuzov Military Quotes and Quotations On the subject of diplomacy: “The sword has to do the best for it does not jest”. – Karl / Charles XII “Carolus Rex” (1682-1718), Swedish warrior king. “This shall hence become my music” ..upon hearing the sound of gunfire […]
Military Quotes C. Turner Joy – Daniel James
Military Quotes Menu Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson – Thomas Jefferson J: C. Turner Joy to Daniel James, and John Paul Jones Military Quotes “Nobody dislikes war more than warriors.” – Daniel James, Jr., military analyst “It is better to be broken jade than a rude, whole clay pot.” (Death before dishonor) – Yuan Jinghao, Zhou Dynasty […]
Military Quotes Ibn Iskander – Dolores Ibarruri
Military Quotes Menu I: Ibn Iskander – Dolores Ibarruri Military Quotes and Quotations “Once you engage in battle it is inexcusable to display any sloth or hesitation; you must breakfast on your enemy before he dines on you!” – Kai Ka’us Ibn Iskander, Prince of Gurgan (Persia) (1082) “It is better to die on your […]
Military Quotes John Hackett – Charles Horner
Military Quotes Menu Ernest Hemingway – Adolf Hitler H: Hackett – Horner Military Quotes and Quotations “The power of example is very important to people under stress.” – General Sir John Hackett, British Army “The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood.” – Alexander Haig “The problem […]
Military Quotes Mohandas K. Gandhi – Herman Göring
Military Quotes Menu Ulysses S. Grant G: Gandhi – Göring (Goering) Military Quotes and Quotations “An eye for an eye only ends by making the whole world blind.” – Mohandas K. Gandhi “Fear has its use but cowardice has none.” – Mohandas K. Gandhi “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an […]
