Military Quotes

Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem. 
--Ronald Reagan--


A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. 
--John F. Kennedy--


From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots. 
--Thomas Jefferson-- 


War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it, the crueler it is the sooner it will be over. 
--William Tecumseh Sherman-- 


I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone.
--William Faulkner--


And like the old soldier in that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the sight to see that duty.
--Douglas MacArthur--



My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception.
--Jimmy Carter--


“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.”
--Ralph Waldo Emerson--


“The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson--


“To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.”
--Simone Weil--