Best honor & army Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“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.”

Source: EDWARD GIBBON Premium Collection: Historiographical Works, Memoirs & Letters: Including

“War, even in the best state of an army, with all the alleviations of courtesy and honor, with all the correctives of morality and religion, is nevertheless so great an evil, that to engage in it without a clear necessity is a crime of the blackest dye. When the necessity is clear, it then becomes a crime to shrink from it.”

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Author:Robert Southey

“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.”

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Author:Kris Kristofferson

“What a pity it is that our Congress had not known this discovery, and that Alexander Hamilton’s projects of raising an army of fifty thousand Men, ten thousand of them to be Cavalry and his projects of sedition Laws and Alien Laws and of new taxes to support his army, all arose from a superabundance of secretions which he could not find whores enough to draw off! and that the same vapours produced his Lyes and Slanders by which he totally destroyed his party forever and finally lost his Life in the field of Honor.”

Source: Old Family Letters: Copied from the Originals for Alexander Biddle... Series A-[B]

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”

Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson

“We respect and honor very deeply those people who decide to serve their country in the military. But we certainly don't denigrate people who choose a different course, particularly when we have an all-volunteer army.”

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Author:Mitt Romney

“[Yahya Khan ] had given me an appointment for the following day. And, days later, General Mohd Umar revealed to me that he'd resorted to this stratagem so that I'd stay in Dacca and "see the efficiency of the army." I give you my word of honor that all this is true.”

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Author:Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

“There's only one man really responsible for those events - Yahya Khan. Both he and his advisers were so drunk with power and corruption they'd even forgotten the honor of the army.”

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Author:Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

“If a man does his best, what else is there?”

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Author:George S. Patton

“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.”

“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”

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Author:Lois McMaster Bujold

“An honor is not diminished for being shared.”

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Book:Cordelia's Honor

Source: Cordelia's Honor

“Ralston looked down his long, elegant nose at the vile creature at his feet, and said, “You just impugned the honor of my future marchioness. Choose your seconds. I will see you at dawn.” Leaving Oxford sputtering on the ground, Ralston spun on one elegant heel to face Benedick. “When I am done with him, I am coming for your sister. And, if you intend to keep me from her, you had better have an army at your side.”

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Author:Sarah MacLean

“National honor is national property of the highest value.”

Source: The Writings of James Monroe: 1817-1823

“If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.”

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Author:William Arnot

“Honor lies in honest toil.”

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Book:Addresses, State Papers and Letters

Source: Addresses, State Papers and Letters

“When I competed, it was for honor and country. It was a privilege to be a part of the U.S. team.”

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Author:Bill Toomey

“Ability without honor is useless.”

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Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

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