“The army should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the responsibility of fighting the cartels.” ShouldFightingResponsibilityDutyArmyPoliceCartels Author:Vicente Fox
“In times of crisis our nation depends on the courage and determination of the Guard. You know the call of active duty can come at any time. You stand ready to put your lives on hold and answer that call, ... And you did so because you love your state and your country. America appreciates your courageous decision to serve. Together with your comrades in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Reserves, you are showing that patriotism is alive and well in Idaho and throughout the United States.” KnowsWellsCountryStatesTogetherAmericaForceNationsDecisionAnswersUnitedUnited StatesCourageAliveAirLove YouReadyDutyDependsDeterminationAppreciateArmyCrisisActiveCourageousReservesNavyMarineComradeAir ForceIdahoAppreciate YouTimes Of CrisisCourage And DeterminationArmy NavyCourageous Decisions Author:George H. W. Bush
“In the various states of society, armies are recruited from very different motives. Barbarians are urged by the love of war; the citizens of a free republic may be prompted by a principle of duty; the subjects, or at least the nobles, of a monarchy, are animated by a sentiment of honor; but the timid and luxurious inhabitants of a declining empire must be allured into the service by the hopes of profit, or compelled by the dread of punishment.” MayDifferentWarStatesPrinciplesSubjectsMilitaryDutyCitizensHonorArmyProfitVariousPunishmentMotiveEmpiresSentimentsRepublicDreadCompelledMonarchyAnimatedBarbariansLuxurious Book:EDWARD GIBBON Premium Collection: Historiographical Works, Memoirs & Letters: Including Source: EDWARD GIBBON Premium Collection: Historiographical Works, Memoirs & Letters: Including
“Our military is overextended. Nine out of 10 active-duty Army divisions are either in Iraq, going to Iraq or have come back from Iraq. One way or the other, they're wrapped up in it.” WayMilitaryDutyArmyIraqActiveNineOne WayDivision Author:John F. Kerry
“My ambition in the Army was to make everybody I worked for regretful when I was ordered to other duty.” DutyAmbitionArmyMy AmbitionRegretful Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Regardless of nationality, all men are brothers. God is "our Father who art in heaven." The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" is unconditional and inexorable. ... The lowly Nazarene taught us the doctrine of non-resistance, and so convinced was he of the soundness of that doctrine that he sealed his belief with death on the cross. ... When human law conflicts with Divine law, my duty is clear. Conscience, my infallible guide, impels me to tell you that prison, death, or both, are infinitely preferable to joining any branch of the Army.” MenHumansArtLawFatherBeliefHeavenClearTaughtDivineBrotherDutyConflictConscienceCrossesArmyPrisonGuidesConvincedResistanceDoctrineBranchesCommandmentsUnconditionalOur FatherNationalityJoiningTaught UsInfallibleInexorableClear ConscienceSoundnessDivine LawNazarene Author:Ben Salmon
“I grew up in a time when people believed in duty, honor and country. My grandfathers were both officers. My father was a General in the Air Force. My brother and I were both in the Army. I've always felt a kinship with soldiers; I think it's possible to support the warrior and be against the war.” PeopleThinkingWarCountryFatherForceFeltSupportAirBrotherDutyGrewHonorGrew UpArmySoldierWarriorMy BrotherOfficersGrandfatherMy GrandfatherAir ForceKinship Author:Kris Kristofferson
“The Greeks by their laws, and the Romans by the spirit of their people, took care to put into the hands of their rulers no such engine of oppression as a standing army. Their system was to make every man a soldier, and oblige him to repair to the standard of his country whenever that was reared. This made them invincible; and the same remedy will make us so.” PeopleMenMadeCountryHandsCareAgeLawDeathSpiritResponsibilityMilitaryDutyStandardsStandingArmySoldierEvery ManOppressionGreekEnginesRulersRemedyInvincible Book:Jefferson: Political Writings Source: Jefferson: Political Writings
“Remedy your deficiencies, and your merits will take care of themselves. Every man has in him good and evil. His good is his valiant army, his evil is his corrupt commissariat; reform the commissariat and the army will do its duty.” MenCharacterCareEvilDutyArmyTake CareEvery ManReformMeritGood And EvilRemedyDeficiencyValiant Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Republics demanded virtue. Monarchies could rely on coercion and "dazzling splendor" to suppress self-interest or factions; republics relied on the goodness of the people to put aside private interest for public good. The imperatives of virtue attached all sorts of desiderata to the republican citizen: simplicity, frugality, sobriety, simple manners, Christian benevolence, duty to the polity. Republics called on other virtues--spiritedness, courage--to protect the polity from external threats. Tyrants kept standing armies; republics relied on free yeomen, defending their own land.” PeopleSelfChristianInterestSimpleVirtueDemocracyLandDutyCitizensRepublicanProtectGoodnessStandingArmyThreatSimplicityMannersRelyRepublicTyrantsImperativesSelf InterestMonarchyCoercionBenevolenceSplendorSobrietyFactionsDazzlingFrugalityPublic GoodYeoman Author:James Monroe
“The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duty from the front line.” LinesNumbersMilitaryFrontsDutyArmyDistanceProportionBreastsOfficersSquaresMedalVaryArmed ForcesInspirational MilitaryOur VeteransMilitary ForceInverseMilitary General Author:Charles Edward Montague
“I think that as the guardian of justice elected by the people it's our duty to use whatever forms of force, police, army, to make sure that at least the freedom of choice is preserved.” PeopleThinkingUseFormChoicesForceJusticeDutyArmyPoliceGuardianFreedom Of Choice Author:Pierre Trudeau