You don't give money to the bums On a corner with a sign bleeding from their gums Talking about you don't support a crack head? What you think happens to the money from your taxes? Shit the Government's an addict With a billion dollar a week kill brown people habit And even if you ain't on the front…
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My father was really cool. He was a military guy and he was in the police department for a while. He was a no-nonsense guy. He was a no-BS guy. He thought acting in show business was really for weirdos and fairies. When I went to him and I said, 'I want to drop out of school, and move to the States,…
I’m sick and tired of people telling me America is the greatest country—because we can whip your ass?
We always keep saying ‘we’re the best, we’re the best.’ Other countries offer healthcare for their people. We don’t, so how are we the best there? We’ve got poverty all over the place and it’s the haves and the have-nots, so how are we the best there? Just because you have a military that could kick…
There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.
— Ronald D. Moore, Cpt. Lee 'Apollo' Adama, Jamie Bamber, imdb.com
I was, like, the top-ranking guy in terms of the military. That doesn’t mean I was able to get along with people, because the reason I went [to military school] in the first place was that I didn’t get along with a lot of people.
I have courage financially, but I don’t have your kind of courage.
The three true branches of the government are: military, corporate and Hollywood.
— Linda Wallem, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Steven Hyde, Danny Masterson, imdb.com
So, my friend, if you want to start using American military strength as the arm of the Lord, you can do that. We're the only superpower left.
The military wasn't designed to be a unit of social change. Problem with that is, that's what they were saying about me 50 years ago. Blacks shouldn't serve with whites. It would disrupt the unit. You know what? It did disrupt the unit. The unit got over it.
— Peter Parnell, Aaron Sorkin, Patrick Caddell, Percy Fitzwallace, John Amos, imdb.com
The days of the frontal attack are over. Modern infantry weapons are too deadly, and frontal assault is only for mediocre commanders. Good commanders do not turn in heavy losses.
As challenging as it is being a military spouse, the ever-present uncertainty about where life will take us next can be kind of exhilarating.
An officer must not lie, steal, or cheat—ever. He keeps his word, whatever the cost. He must not shirk his duties no matter how difficult or dangerous they are. His life is ransomed to his duty. An officer must trust his fellow officers, and expect their trust in return. He must not expect others to…
Military glory, — that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood.
And are patriotic men of any part of the Union prepared on such issue thus madly to invite all the consequences of the forfeiture of their constitutional agreements? It is impossible.
It is the duty of every officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief
The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government.
The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government.
If the opposition disarms, all is well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.
History shows that there are no invincible armies and that there never have been.