“Man has bought brains, but all the millions in the world have failed to buy love. Man has subdued bodies, but all the power on earth has been unable to subdue love. Man has conquered whole nations, but all his armies could not conquer love. Man has chained and fettered the spirit, but he has been utterly helpless before love. Thus love has the magic power to make of a beggar a king.” MenWorldHas BeensWholeBodyEarthSpiritNationsBrainMillionsMagicKingsArmyConquerHelplessBeggarChainedMagic Powers Book:Anarchism and Other Essays Source: Anarchism and Other Essays
“There must not be lacking in our leadership something of that spirit of the Austrian corporal who, when all had fallen into ruins around him, and when Germany seemed to have fallen into chaos, did not hesitate to march forth against the vast army of victorious nations and has already turned the tables decisively against them.” SpiritNationsArmyTablesChaosRuinsFallenGermanyMarchLacking Author:Winston Churchill
“The Seconds that tick as the clock moves along Are Privates who march with a spirit so strong. The Minutes are Captains. The Hours of the day Are Officers brave, who lead on to the fray. So, remember, when tempted to loiter and dream You've an army at hand; your command is supreme; And question yourself, as it goes on review-- Had it helped in the fight with the best it could do?” DreamHandsRememberMovingSpiritFightingStrongHoursMinutesGoes OnArmyBraveSupremeCommandClockMarchReviewsSecondsOfficersCaptainsTemptedRemember WhenTickFray Author:Philander Chase Johnson
“The greatest progress we have made, and the greatest progress we have yet to make, is in the human heart. In the end, all the world's wealth and a thousand armies are no match for the strength and decency of the human spirit.” WorldHumansHeartMadeEndsSpiritWealthProgressThousandArmyHuman HeartHuman SpiritDecency Author:William J. Clinton
“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
“Standing navies, as well as standing armies, serve to keep alive the spirit of war even in the meek heart of peace. In its very embers and smoulderings, they nourish that fatal fire, and half-pay officers, as the priests of Mars, yet guard the temple, though no god be there.” WellsHeartWarSpiritPayHalfFireAliveStandingArmyTemplesPriestsOfficersMarsNavyMeekEmbersGod Is There Book:White-jacket; Or, The World in the Man-of-war Source: White-jacket; Or, The World in the Man-of-war