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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind. — Dan Lipinski
It is a principle of the art of war that one should simply lay down his life and strike. If one's opponent also does the same, it is a even match. Defeating one's opponent is then a matter of faith and destiny.
My definition, the definition that I've always believed in, is that esprit de corps means love for one's own military legion - in my case, the United States Marine Corps. It means more than self-preservation, religion, or patriotism. I've also learned that this loyalty to one's corps travels both ways: up and down. -Chesty Puller
My definition, a definition in the drill books from the time that General Von Steuben wrote the regulations for General George Washington, the definition of the object of military training is success in battle... It wouldn't be any sense to have a military organization on the backs of the American taxpayers with any other definition. -Chesty Puller
Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there.
We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient. - Golda Meir
I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight. — George S. Patton
There is a law in psychology that if you form a picture in your mind of what you would like to be, and you keep and hold that picture there long enough, you will soon become exactly as you have been thinking.
Operation Peace for Galilee is not a military operation resulting from the lack of an alternative. -Menachem Begin
