George W. Bush Quotes, Army Quotes, Punishment Quotes

There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation. They are held in check by strength and purpose and the promise of swift punishment.

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We shall defend every village, every town and every city. The vast mass of London itself, fought street by street, could easily devour an entire hostile army; and we would rather see London laid in ruins and ashes than that it should be tamely and abjectly enslaved.

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Unite for the public safety, if you would remain an independent nation.

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The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command! The general that hearkens not to my counsel nor acts upon it, will suffer defeat: - let such a one be dismissed!

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I could as easily bail out the Potomac River with a teaspoon as attend to all the details of the army.

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The word 'defeat' is not to be found in my dictionary, and everyone who is selected as a recruit in my army may be certain that there is no defeat for a satyagrahi.

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Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.

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The all-volunteer army works. It works particularly when we pay our troops well.

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Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations.

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In battles two things are usually required of the Commander-in-Chief: to make a good plan for his army and, secondly, to keep a strong reserve.

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We waited for Congress to act. They couldn't act on the issue. So I just went ahead and signed an executive order which will unleash - [applause] - which says the federal agencies will not discriminate against faith-based programs. They ought to welcome the armies of compassion as opposed to turning them away.

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I don't know why you're talking about Sweden. They're the neutral one. They don't have an army.

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It's not the size of the army but the power within the army.

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When great armies go to war, Sorrow is the sole winner.

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And, with much of Europe occupied by Nazi Germany, and Mussolini's armies in Albania, on the Greek frontier, one wasn't sure what came next. So, don't trust the telephone. Or the newspapers. Or the radio. Or tomorrow.

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An army which cannot be reenforced is already defeated.

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There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.

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Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.

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PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought.

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Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack.

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