Army quotes

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◆ Bruno Mars may catch a grenade for you but we catch hundreds, sincerely The Army.

- 100

◆ My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.

- Barry Humphries99

◆ One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain it.

- Sun Tzu99

◆ No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace or insure it victory in time of war

- Calvin Coolidge99

◆ A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen

- James Madison99

◆ It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands

- Andre Gide99

◆ We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes

- Robert Maynard Hutchins99

◆ When armies are mobilized and issues joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will win

- Lao Tzu99

◆ They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do not recant, they will proclaim me a heretic

- Desiderius Erasmus99

◆ I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.

- Charles M De Talleyrand99

◆ The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, they will be afflicted by heavy exactions. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and their incomes dissipated.

- Sun Tzu99

◆ A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves

- German Proverb99

◆ Being in the army is like being in the Boy Scouts, except that the Boy Scouts have adult supervision.

- Blake Clark99

◆ An army of asses led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by an ass

- George Washington99

◆ Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

- George Herbert99