Soldier Quotes

I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.

John Buford

General

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

Miyamoto Musashi

Japanese philosopher

We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion.

Douglas Bader

Seal Team Six is a different unit than the rest of the SEAL teams inasmuch as they concentrate primarily on one thing, counter-terrorism, hostage rescue.

Howard E. Wasdin

Sailor

Oh, the ignorance of us upon whom Providence did not sufficiently smile to permit us to be born in New England.

Horace Porter

Former United States Ambassador to France

To the next generation, your war is here; you don't have to find it.

Marcus Luttrell

Fighter

All SEALS in my mind are equally elite. It doesn't matter if you're SEAL Team Two, One, Six, 10, it doesn't matter. All SEALS are equally elite.

Howard E. Wasdin

Sailor

Capturing any member of any terrorist cell or any insurgent cell that we may happen to come across is always very, very valuable, and the thing that interests me is that in most instances after a time, people talk and they tell us what they know.

John Abizaid

Former Ambassador of the United States to Saudi Arabia

I do believe in the viability of Indian spiritualism.

James Welch

Native American novelist and poet

Scars can be a good story. I survived and I am proud of them. I didn't want it, obviously. The girls definitely like them.

Kyle Carpenter

Military officer

I do not believe that the children of presidents or vice-presidents should be assigned to combat zones. They have no place there.

John Eisenhower

Former United States Ambassador to Belgium ‧ Dwight D. Eisenhower's son

Half the issues they - are so polished they're talking about - are dead by the time they get into the office, and into the midst of their tour where they're really productive.

James Stockdale

Navy vice admiral and aviator

Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the principle of all government, and against the very name of liberty.

Henry Knox

Former United States Secretary of War

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Moshe Dayan

Former Minister of Defence of Israel

I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes.

John Abizaid

Former Ambassador of the United States to Saudi Arabia

I have always told my subordinates that when they commit any mistakes, the blame must be laid on the superior officers.

Chiang Kai-Shek

Former President of the Republic of China

My greatest honor was to serve my country.

Marcus Luttrell

Fighter

Poesy must not be drawn by the ears: it must be gently led, or rather, it must lead, which was partly the cause that made the ancient learned affirm it was a divine, and no human skill, since all other knowledges lie ready for any that have strength of wit; a poet no industry can make, if his own genius be not carried into it.

Philip Sidney

English poet

I'm a military guy. I'm not a political character.

Oliver North

American Political Commentator

I joined the 800th MP Brigade when they were already deployed.

Janis Karpinski

Commanding officer

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