Quotes by Military On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a clutch -- engaging the engine to effect forward motion, while taking greater friction. A. Bartlett Giamatti military time jobs Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait. A. Whitney Brown humorous military funny The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy. Aaron McGruder military doe people We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Aaron Sorkin wall gun military I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars. Abbie Hoffman military war peace I must follow them. I am their leader. Abbott Lawrence Lowell empowerment military leadership I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is. Abdallah II outcomes military country When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces. Abdallah II pieces military running If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests. Abdallah II conflict military looks In the armed forces, the chances of success are quite high. That's due to the clarity of the military structure - everything is sketched out. In politics, there are many more surprises and detours, and it's a lot more unpredictable. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi detours chance military In its essence, Martin Luther King Jr.'s ‘I Have a Dream' speech is one citizen's soul-searing plea with his countrymen––Whites and Blacks––to recognize that racial disparities fueled by unwarranted bigotry were crippling America's ability to shine as a true beacon of democracy in a world filled with people groping their way through suffocating shadows of political turmoil, economic oppression, military mayhem, starvation, and disease. Aberjhani military kings dream Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damages morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hung Abraham Lincoln damage saboteurs military There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending. Abraham Lincoln military war peace From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia...could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we will live forever or die by suicide. Abraham Lincoln crush military suicide Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. Abraham Lincoln military sleep giving With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right. Abraham Lincoln civil-war military giving If there is no military need for the building, leave it alone, neither putting anyone in or out of it, except on finding some one preaching or practicing treason, in which case lay hands on him, just as if he were doing the same thing in any other building. Abraham Lincoln atheism military hands We shall meanly lose or nobly save the last hope of earth. Abraham Lincoln lasts military earth Military glory-that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood-that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy. Abraham Lincoln military war peace And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. Abraham Lincoln government military war 1234567891011»