100+ Troops Quotes | InspiringQuotes.us

source: Hugh Miller, Harriet Myrtle (1859). “Popular Geology: A Series of Lectures Read Before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh, with Descriptive Sketches from a Geologist's Portfolio”, p.127

topic: Jealous, Dark, Troops, Geologist, Elysium

Terrorize the jam like troops in Pakistan, swingin' through your town like your neighbourhood spiderman!

- Inspectah Deck

topic: Rap, Towns, Troops, Neighbourhoods

A few regular troops from old France, weakened by hunger and sickness, who, when fresh, were unable to withstand the British soldiers, are their general's chief dependence.

- James Wolfe

topic: Soldier, Troops, France, British Soldiers

Because the Bush Administration will set no timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, both chambers of Congress acted to make sure our troops will not be left in Iraq indefinitely.

- Jan Schakowsky

topic: Iraq, Troops, Withdrawal, Timetables

Three years into the war, tens of thousands of American troops remain targets of a growing Iraqi insurgency.

- Jan Schakowsky

topic: War, Years, Troops, American Troops, Insurgency

Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire. It never happened.

- Jared Diamond

topic: Rhinos, Troops, Empires

The troops of other states have their reputation to gain, the sons of the Alamo have theirs to maintain.

- Jefferson Davis

topic: Son, Troops, Gains, Alamo

I have repeatedly said, when asked, that if the stories about me helped inspired our troops and rally a nation, then perhaps there was some good.

- Jessica Lynch

source: Opening Statement Before House Oversight & Govt. Reform Committee, delivered 24 April 2007

topic: Troops, Stories, Inspired

Today they have proven once again that the mainstream media can't print enough bad news about our troops.

- Joe Scarborough

topic: Media, Troops, News, Mainstream Media

A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops.

- John A. Lejeune

topic: Military, Marine, Troops, Compliance, Minutiae

A major of colored troops is here with his party capturing negroes, with or without their consent....They are being conscripted.

- John A. Logan

topic: War, Party, Troops

Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.

- John Abizaid

topic: Military, Leader, Troops, Morale

Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them.

- John Abizaid

topic: Sacrifice, Troops, Command

American troops have not only occupied Ulster but are arriving in increasing numbers in England.

- John Amery

source: John Amery (2007). “John Amery Speaks, &: England and Europe”

topic: Numbers, Ulster, Troops, American Troops

If I have any choice I would prefer Western Troops.

- John Buford

topic: Gdp, Choices, Troops

The presence of American troops is fueling the insurgency in Iraq, as acknowledged by General Casey and numerous other experts, and is helping terrorist recruiters build their numbers across the globe.

- John Conyers

topic: Iraq, Numbers, Troops, American Troops, Insurgency

Senator Kerry voted to undermine the troops in the field, and that is not only inexcusable, it is reprehensible.

- John Ensign

source: "Raising the volume" by John F. Dickerson and Karen Tumulty, www.cnn.com. March 15, 2004.

topic: Troops, Fields, Senators

To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous.

- John Hewson

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: War, Troops, Ships

A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.

- John J. Pershing

topic: Leadership, Leader, Troops, Inspiring Leader, Leadership And Service

In the Armed Services Committee, we endeavored to put forth proposals that would help alleviate some of that stress, both for the troops and for their families.

- John M. McHugh

topic: Stress, Troops, Helping, Alleviate, Armed Services

The study also included the disturbing revelation that most of the troops who reported having mental health problems also reported that they did not seek or did not receive care for their problems.

- John M. McHugh

topic: Troops, Care, Study, Health Problems

Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict.

- John Major

topic: Fields, Troops, Conflict

Feed the troops on victory.

- John Monash

topic: Victory, Troops

The first serious infowar is now engaged. The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops.

- John Perry Barlow

topic: Battle, Troops, Wikileaks

As costs mount, in lives and dollars, it is natural to second guess, but one lesson I hope we have learned is that the U.S. cannot go it alone in a policy that leaves American troops taking all the risk and American taxpayers paying all of the costs.

- John Spratt

topic: Risk, Troops, Dollars, American Troops

Victor Hernandez, like an orchestral conductor directing his troops...

- Jon Champion

topic: Football, Troops, Conductor, Commentators

Troops of heroes undistinguished die.

- Joseph Addison

topic: Hero, Battle, Troops

Virtues go ever in troops; they go so thick, that sometimes some are hid in the crowd; which yet are, but appear not.

- Joseph Hall

topic: Troops, Crowds, Sometimes, Thick

If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy.

- Karen Hughes

topic: Goal, Troops, Exit, American Troops

Anger is precious. A silverback uses anger to maintain order and warn his troops of danger. When my father beat his chest, it was to say, Beware, listen, I am in charge. I am angry to protect you, because that is what I was born to do. Here in my domain there is no one to protect.

- Katherine Applegate

topic: Father, Order, Troops

These troops know how to shoot and kill and I expect they will.

- Kathleen Blanco

source: "New Orleans rocked by huge blasts". news.bbc.co.uk. September 2, 2005.

topic: Troops

Benchmarks, yes, we want the Iraqi government to do the things that will show progress. But to say, American troops are going to leave, no matter what's happening on the ground, is surrender. There is no other word for it.

- Kay Bailey Hutchison

topic: Government, Progress, Troops, American Troops

I found that if I got up on the stage to entertain the troops I could make them shut up and look.

- Kenneth Williams

source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

topic: Troops, Looks, Host

Officers in command of colored troops are in constant habit of pressing all able-bodied slaves into the military service of the U.S.

- Lovell Rousseau

topic: Military, War, Troops

We take our international responsibilities very seriously and will not withdraw our troops from Iraq... Otherwise, the victims of terror in Madrid will have died in vain.

- Marek Belka

topic: Responsibility, Iraq, Troops, Madrid

Forty-five percent of Iraqi citizens think it is morally okay to attack American troops.

- Marty Meehan

topic: Thinking, Citizens, Troops, American Troops

Experimenters are the shock troops of science.

- Max Planck

topic: Science, Troops, Shock

I don't support the troops, America, and neither do you.

- Michael Moore

topic: America, Support, Troops, Support The Troops

I don't 'support the troops' or any of those other hollow and hypocritical platitudes uttered by Republicans and frightened Democrats. Here's what I do support: I support them coming home. I support them being treated well.

- Michael Moore

topic: Home, Support, Troops, Support The Troops

The new troops in Iraq need to be Iraqi troops.

- Mitch McConnell

topic: Iraq, Needs, Troops, Troops In Iraq

These mercenaries, I swear by God, those who are still in Washington, they have sent their troops to be burned.

- Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

topic: Military, Troops, Burned

I can say, and I am responsible for what I am saying, that [American troops] have started to commit suicide under the walls of Baghdad. We will encourage them to commit more suicides quickly,

- Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

topic: Suicide, Wall, Troops, American Troops

The troops were occasionally occupied in pursuing scattered bands going north or south, and on three occasions the large camp of Sitting Bull ventured south of the Canadian border, and important expeditions were sent against them.

- Nelson A. Miles

source: NELSON A. MILES (1911). “SERVING THE REPUBLIC”

topic: Important, Troops, Borders, Expeditions

Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake.

- Nick Clooney

topic: Mistake, Iraq, Troops, Timetables, Conventional Wisdom

I was never Vice Chair of the Troops Out Movement.

- Peter Hain

topic: Troops, Movement, Vices

If you go back into military history, the person who's leading the troops ought to be in with the troops and not just standing on the backline sending them into battle.

- Richard Branson

topic: Military, Battle, Troops, Military History

I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness as possible.

- Sadao Araki

source: "President Proposes". "TIME" Magazine, July 4, 1932.

topic: Littles, Troops, Remember

Supporting the troops has got to mean more than bumper stickers on pickup trucks, my friends. We need to give them what they need.

- Solomon Ortiz

topic: Mean, Giving, Troops, Pickup Trucks, Pickups

Who could not conquer with such troops as these?

- Stonewall Jackson

topic: Military, Troops, Conquer

My first mission is to take care of our troops. I take that mission very personally.

- Tim Walz

source: "Command Sgt. Major Tim Walz’s New Mission: Getting Disability Benefits to Wounded Soldiers". Interview with Joshua Kors, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 28, 2013.

topic: Care, Firsts, Troops

You know, I'm pro-troops, but I'm not pro-war.

- Toby Keith

topic: War, Troops, Pro War

Don't apologize for being patriotic. Support the troops

- Toby Keith

topic: Patriotic, Support, Troops, Support The Troops

You can support the troops but not the president.

- Tom DeLay

source: "War and Peace: Falling Through the Partisan Looking Glass" by Lyn Davis Lear, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 15, 2005.

topic: Support, President, Troops, Support The Troops

We can support our troops without supporting our president.

- Trent Lott

topic: Support, President, Troops, Support Our Troops

Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.

- Ulysses S. Grant

topic: Military, Enemy, Troops, Our Troops

He who leads troops has no right to think about himself.

- Walter Model

source: "Hitler's Generals" by Correlli Barnett, (p. 323), 2003.

topic: Thinking, Troops

It was helpful to have the American troops there in great strength. They knew there'd be consequences if they didn't move back. Now, there has been some removal of the foreign forces.

- Warren Christopher

topic: Moving, Troops, Helpful, American Troops

Nothing is so good for the morale of the troops as occasionally to see a dead general.

- William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

topic: Army, Troops, Morale

I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.

- William Westmoreland

topic: Military, Thinking, Troops

Sir, it is not God who will assemble us on the battlefield, nor position our troops, nor place the cannon, and it is not God who will aim the musket.

- Winfield Scott Hancock

topic: Troops, Dignity, Cannons

I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Marine, Body, Troops, My Marine, Marine Corps

It was reported today that U.S. military bases will not show 'Brokeback Mountain.' However, during interrogations, U.S. troops will continue to show 'Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo.'

- Conan O'Brien

topic: Military, Brokeback Mountain, Troops, Military Bases, Deuces

From Day One, I've told [my troops] that killing is not wrong if it's for a purpose, if it's to keep your nation free or protect your buddy, one of the most noble things you can do is kill the enemy.

- Douglas A. Zembiec

source: "The unapologetic warrior". Interview with Tony Perry, www.latimes.com. August 22, 2004.

topic: Enemy, Troops, Purpose

It is not helpful to have those kind of comments come out when we've got troops in combat.

- Richard Myers

topic: Troops, Helpful, Kind

American Green Berets have been on the ground reaching out to some of the factions there. But don't confuse them with combat troops. So we're only talking about airstrikes now. If there are any troops that go in there it will likely be the Italians.

- Tom Bowman

topic: Talking, Troops, Green, Green Beret

If you have really good intelligence, that truly does put the - I mean putting troops on the ground in some way.

- Martha Raddatz

source: Source: abcnews.go.com

topic: Mean, Troops, Doe

Most of all, our troops from Alabama said they appreciate the care packages from folks back home.

- Mike Rogers

topic: Home, Appreciate, Troops

I believe that the issue of mental health services for our troops deploying or returning from combat is one that demands the attention of this body, if only for a few minutes today.

- Rosa DeLauro

topic: Believe, Issues, Troops, Deploying, Our Troops

Commanders and senior officers should die with troops. The honour of the British Empire and the British Army is at stake.

- Lord Randolph Churchill

topic: Senior, Army, Troops, British Empire, British Army

French troops arrived in Afghanistan last week, and not a minute too soon. The French are acting as advisers to the Taliban, to teach them how to surrender properly.

- Jay Leno

source: "The Tonight Show", November 26, 2004.

topic: Acting, Troops, Lasts

We need to embed our forces - our troops inside the Iraqi military. We need to arm directly the Kurds. And all of that has to be done in concert with the Arab nations.

- Jeb Bush

source: "5th Republican debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant". 2016 presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, www.washingtonpost.com. December 15, 2015.

topic: Military, Troops, Needs, Kurds, Our Troops

We don't have enough American troops inside of Iraq to destroy ISIL any time soon.

- Lindsey Graham

source: "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. November 29, 2015.

topic: Iraq, Troops, Isil, American Troops

Troops must be fed with ammunition and so on but also with information, with images, with visual intelligence. Without these elements troops cannot perform their duties properly. This is what is meant by the logistics of perception.

- Paul Virilio

source: Source: ctheory.net

topic: Perception, Information, Troops, Logistics, Ammunition

My men have sometimes failed to take a position, but to defend one, never!

- Stonewall Jackson

source: Stonewall Jackson's statement to Major Heros von Borcke (December 13, 1862) as quoted in Heros von Borcke "Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence" (p. 301), 1865.

topic: Military, Troops, May

Set the troops to their tasks without imparting your designs.

- Sun Tzu

source: Sun Tzu, Shang Yang (1997). “The Art of War”, p.48, Wordsworth Editions

topic: Design, Troops, Tasks

In the tumult and uproar, the battle seems chaotic, but there is no disorder, the troops appear to be milling about in circles but cannot be defeated.

- Sun Tzu

topic: Circles, Battle, Troops, Tumult

In Desert Storm, we had too many troops; in Afghanistan probably not enough for the major commitment we have made.

- Alexander Haig

topic: Commitment, Storm, Troops, Desert Storm, Troops In Afghanistan

We ended the war in Vietnam, and brought the troops home.

- Jill Stein

source: Source: www.cpa-connecticut.com

topic: War, Home, Troops

The administration does not agree with those who suggest we should deploy hundreds of thousands of American troops to engage militarily in a ground war in Iraq.

- Madeleine Albright

topic: War, Iraq, Troops, American Troops

We know definitively that Al-Qaida isn't all over Afghanistan anymore. According to CIA estimates, there are less than a hundred Al-Qaida members in the entire country. Most of them are in Pakistan. So, it's hard for me to understand why we're still fighting there and sending in more and more troops. I would get out of Afghanistan as quickly as possible.

- Jimmy Carter

source: Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

topic: Country, Fighting, Troops

The troops may whine and moan, but when they meet the standard, there's a sense of pride.

- Colin Powell

source: Source: www.egonzehnder.com

topic: Pride, May, Troops

O, merry is the Optimist, With the troops of courage leaguing. But a dour trend In any friend Is somehow less fatiguing.

- Phyllis McGinley

topic: Optimism, Troops, Trends

I’ve been calling for more troops for over two years, along with John McCain and others subsequent to my saying that.

- Joe Biden

topic: Years, Two, Troops

In Louisiana, President Bush met with over 15,000 National Guard troops. Here's the weird part, nobody remembers seeing him there.

- Craig Kilborn

topic: President, Troops, Louisiana, National Guard

FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London

- Ambrose Bierce

source: Ambrose Bierce (1973). “The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce”, Ayer Company Pub

topic: Rags, Troops, Purpose, Vacant, Forts

Troops of furies march in the drunkard's triumph.

- Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

topic: Triumph, Troops, March

We would take the same position as the majority of the world about this, including this issue where Prime Minister [Ariel] Sharon made a commitment to pull Israeli troops out of Gaza.

- Thabo Mbeki

source: Source: www.gov.za

topic: Commitment, Issues, Troops, Ariel

Our troops are the best in the world. I have absolute confidence in the ability of the troops who are here, or additional troops, to do their part.

- Rahm Emanuel

source: Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

topic: Troops, World, Ability

And the last thing that I want to see us do is ask more and more of our troops [in Afghanistan ] without guaranteeing that we're providing more and more of what's necessary to make the mission successful.

- Rahm Emanuel

source: Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

topic: Successful, Troops, Want, Troops In Afghanistan

Many-have too rashly charged the troops of error, and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth.

- Thomas Browne

source: 'Religio Medici' (1643) pt. 1, sect. 6

topic: Errors, Enemy, Troops

The traveller must, of course, always be cautious of the overly broad generalisation. But I am an American, and a paucity of data does not stop me from making sweeping, vague, conceptual statements and, if necessary, following these statements up with troops.

- George Saunders

source: "Just who is this Magna Carta fellow?" by George Saunders, www.theguardian.com. July 21, 2006.

topic: Data, Troops, Doe, Generalisation

Pushing legislation that would undercut our troops just as we're beginning to make progress in Baghdad.

- George W. Bush

source: "Bill Moyers talks with Jon Stewart". "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. April 27, 2007.

topic: Progress, Troops, Baghdad, Our Troops, Undercut

All I can tell you is that I know the enemy, allies, and troops hear what I say.

- George W. Bush

source: "President Bush Discusses Midterms; War on Terror Strategy With Sean Hannity". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. October 31, 2006.

topic: Enemy, Allies, Troops

We will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to complete their missions. That's why I went to the Congress last September and proposed fundamental - supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body parts and ammunition and fuel...

- George W. Bush

source: George W. Bush's Remarks at Victory 2004 Rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. September 4, 2004.

topic: Troops, Armor, Fundamentals, Ammunition

The solution to Iraq - an Iraq that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself - is more than a military mission. Precisely the reason why I sent more troops into Baghdad.

- George W. Bush

source: "President Bush Delivers Remarks on Iraq and Answers Questions From the Media". Remarks & Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. April 3, 2007.

topic: Military, Iraq, Troops

I strongly believe what we're doing is the right thing. If I didn't believe it -- I'm going to repeat what I said before -- I'd pull the troops out, nor if I believed we could win, I would pull the troops out.

- George W. Bush

topic: Believe, Winning, Troops

I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation building.

- George W. Bush

source: Presidential Debate in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October 11, 2000.

topic: War, Thinking, Troops, Our Troops, Nation Building

I feel a sense of obligation to our troops and their families because of the decisions that I made. So I'm involved with veterans.

- George W. Bush

source: Source: www.aarp.org

topic: Decision, Troops, Veteran

I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations.

- John F. Kerry

topic: Troops, World, United Nations

Our military deserves leadership that matches their service and patriotism. Getting our troops the pay raise they deserve is the very least we can do to show how much we value everything they do for us.

- John F. Kerry

topic: Military, Patriotism, Troops, Our Troops

The terrorist threat to American troops has decreased in some ways because there's not 175,000 in a dangerous part of the world. There's only 15,000.

- Tim Kaine

source: Source: www.politico.com

topic: Troops, World, Way, American Troops

Absolutely without firing a shot and instead of 175,000 American troops deployed overseas we now have 15,000.

- Tim Kaine

source: Source: abcnews.go.com

topic: Troops, Shots, American Troops

I was not in favor of U.S. troops in Lebanon. And I voted against it.

- John Kasich

source: "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. February 14, 2016.

topic: Troops, Lebanon, Favors

I said that we needed to have people on the ground, troops on the ground in a coalition similar to what we had in the first Gulf War.

- John Kasich

source: John Kasich's remarks during the CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Second Debate at the Venetian Las Vegas hosted by Wolf Blitzer, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

topic: War, People, Troops

The idea that a big country is going to go out and send troops into some country to take their resources, and then the rest of the world is going to somehow trust us is just a ridiculous notion.

- David Brooks

source: "Shields and Brooks on high stakes for debate moderators, a dead heat in the polls". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. September 9, 2016.

topic: Country, Ideas, Troops

Here's some news from Afghanistan. We're sending more troops to seal up the borders. Can we try that here? Three months, 12,000 pounds of bombs and billions and billions of dollars and the highest ranking enemy we've captured so far is an American.

- David Letterman

topic: Enemy, Trying, Troops

Spain's new Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced he will soon call back Spain's 1300 troops from Iraq - meaning the coalition of the willing is fast turning into a duet of the stubborn.

- Jon Stewart

topic: Iraq, Spain, Troops

We show our support and love the troops, whatever our opinion.

- Dennis Kucinich

topic: Support And Love, Troops, Opinion

American troops around the globe are the greatest preservers of liberty and peace in the world.

- Dennis Prager

topic: Liberty, Troops, World, American Troops

I will begin to remove our troops from Iraq immediately.

- Barack Obama

source: Barack Obama's Foreign Policy Speech at the DePaul University Student Activities Center in Chicago, Illinois, www.c-span.org. October 2, 2007.

topic: Iraq, Historical, Troops

We can rattle our sabers all we want but, realistically, we don't have troops for an invasion [Iran] and surgical strikes aren't going to work.

- Barack Obama

topic: Iran, Troops, Invasion

Toughest decision was early in my presidency when I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan. As somebody who had run to end a large troop presence overseas.

- Barack Obama

source: Source: abcnews.go.com

topic: Running, Decision, Troops

We're not going to put the cart before the horse and just think by sending more troops, we're automatically going to make Americans safe.

- Barack Obama

source: Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

topic: Horse, Thinking, Troops

[When I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan] that was the first time in which I looked out at a crowd of West Point graduates and knew that some of those might not come back because of that decision.

- Barack Obama

source: Source: abcnews.go.com

topic: Decision, Troops, West Point

It still puts burden on some troops of ours who are there [in Afghanistan and Iraq] as advisors and facilitators.

- Barack Obama

source: Source: abcnews.go.com

topic: Iraq, Troops, Burden, Advisors

Good commanders look after their troops, and good troops look after their commanders.

- Harvey Mackay

topic: Leadership, Troops, Looks

Organizations like the CIA and the FBI are still kind of supermen, kind of SS troops: We're blond and the best and everyone else should be incinerated. They don't know right from wrong. That's what makes a satire of these government bureaus really funny.

- Mel Brooks

topic: Government, Organization, Troops

Let's talk... we have indications, let me just finish this point, because how can use WMD while your troops are only 100 meters away from it ? Is it logical ? It doesn't happen. It cannot be used like this.

- Bashar al-Assad

source: Source: legrandsoir.info

topic: Wmd, Troops, Use

Withdrawal of US troops will become like salted peanuts to the American public: The more US troops come home, the more will be demanded.

- Henry A. Kissinger

topic: Home, Troops, Withdrawal

There is the possibility that these troops will be used against us if we are victorious. There is also the possibility that in fact the South Africans are there at the invitation of Britain, because Britain is hesitating to remove them. Hence there is a need for us to combine forces and demand through all political platforms, through all media, the withdrawal of South African troops and action, definite action, by Britain to get those South African troops out.

- Robert Mugabe

source: Source: www.revolutionarycommunist.org

topic: Media, Political, Troops

Certainly we must combine forces . South African troops are within the country.We raised this matter with Mrs [Margaret] Thatcher and Lord [Peter] Carrington when we met them and we wanted to get from them a definite commitment that they were going to get the South African troops out.

- Robert Mugabe

source: Source: www.revolutionarycommunist.org

topic: Country, Commitment, Troops

Look at the violence in Pakistan and the presence of U.S. troops in Afghanistan: the more troops we put in the more violent Pakistan becomes.

- Michael Hastings

source: Source: www.guernicamag.com

topic: Troops, Looks, Pakistan, Troops In Afghanistan

We now have only 31 brigade combat teams or 490,000 troops. And only one-third of combat teams are considered combat-ready. That's not good for our country. I actually don't even like saying it because plenty of countries are watching us right now, but we'll get it shaped up very quickly.

- Donald Trump

source: Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

topic: Country, Team, Troops

I would not have had our troops in Iraq.

- Donald Trump

source: Source: www.independent.co.uk

topic: Iraq, Troops, Troops In Iraq

I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send me enough of them.

- Douglas MacArthur

topic: War, Criticism, Troops, Korean War

The constant refrain that bringing our troops home would demonstrate a lack of support for them must be one of the most amazing distortions ever foisted on the American public.

- Ron Paul

source: "The War Funding Bill". www.counterpunch.org. March 23, 2007.

topic: Home, Support, Troops, Lack Of Support, Interventionism

No amphibious attack in history has approached this one in size. Along miles of coastline there were hundreds of vessels and small boats afloat and ant-like files of advancing troops ashore.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

topic: War, Troops, World, Coastline, Advancing

We don't need any troops abroad-they don't help our defense.

- Ron Paul

topic: Troops, Needs, Defense

Nothing is easy in war. Mistakes are always paid for in casualties and troops are quick to sense any blunder made by their commanders.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

source: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1948). “Crusade in Europe”

topic: War, Mistake, Troops, Nothing Is Easy

We are not putting ground troops into Iraq ever again. And we're not putting ground troops into Syria. We're going to defeat ISIS without committing American ground troops.

- Hillary Clinton

source: Source: www.foxnews.com

topic: Iraq, Isis, Troops

I agree with the president [Barack Obama]. I've said myself, we will not send American combat troops back to either Syria or Iraq - that is off the table.

- Hillary Clinton

source: Source: www.washingtonpost.com

topic: Iraq, President, Troops

George W. Bush made the agreement about when American troops would leave Iraq, not Barack Obama.

- Hillary Clinton

source: "Transcript of the First Debate". www.nytimes.com. September 27, 2016.

topic: Iraq, Agreement, Troops, American Troops

Members of the Senate and House, if they want to send troops into war, should be forced to send a family member. That would really make everyone stop and go, 'Ohhh-kaaay.'

- Will Ferrell

source: "Will Ferrell: The King of Comedy Opens Up" with Holly Millea, www.elle.com. July 18, 2012.

topic: War, House, Troops

If Rand Paul is going to go anywhere, he is going to have to expand it beyond merely this argument about where we put troops and don`t put troops and make it both a generational argument and a change argument. And he`s got a chance to do that.

- Howard Fineman

source: Source: www.nbcnews.com

topic: Troops, Chance, Argument

The minute Putin went into Crimea, what Obama should have done is sent 50,000 troops to NATO. He didn't have to engage them, just send them. That puts the fear of God into people.

- Rudy Giuliani

source: "Is the Confederate flag controversy a Democratic problem?". "The Hannity Show", www.foxnews.com. June 25, 2015.

topic: Should Have, People, Troops, Crimea

I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there and in some ways it was frustrating not to feel like I was there as part of the troops that were fighting in Vietnam.

- Mitt Romney

source: "Opinion A new Republican archetype" by Charles Pierce, www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2007.

topic: Country, Fighting, Troops, Flopping, Flip Flops

As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28).

- William Shakespeare

source: 'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 3, l. 22

topic: Heart, Troops, Looks, Nature Of Evil, Macbeth Play

I just can't imagine that people would stand for it. People are wanting to potentially elect someone who will get our troops out, so at this stage, if the draft was reinstated, I just think that people would have none of it.

- Elijah Wood

source: Source: www.movieweb.com

topic: Thinking, People, Troops, Our Troops

Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten.

- Napoleon Bonaparte

topic: War, Next Day, Troops

Cossacks are the best light troops among all that exist. If I had them in my army, I would go through all the world with them.

- Napoleon Bonaparte

topic: Army, Light, Troops, Cossacks

The worse the troops the greater the need of artillery.

- Napoleon Bonaparte

topic: War, Troops, Needs, Artillery

When the US withdrew their troops from Somalia, I recall making a comment that [in] the way the peacekeepers had been withdrawn from Somalia, the impression had been given that the easiest way to unravel a peacekeeping operation is to kill a few soldiers.

- Kofi Annan

topic: Soldier, Troops, Way, Peacekeepers, Somalia

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.

- Kofi Annan

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Army, Leader, Troops

In all these cases, part of the reasons for failure perhaps was not analyzing and assessing the true nature of the crisis, the resources that would be required, and exaggerated expectation of what the U.N. troops can do.

- Kofi Annan

source: "Kofi Annan on 40 Years Trying to End War, Promote Peace at the United Nations". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. September 17, 2012.

topic: Expectations, Troops, Would Be, Assessing

Women are part of peace keeping troops in countries like Liberia.

- Zainab Salbi

source: "'War Is Just a Microcosm of Peace' – an Interview With Zainab Salbi". Interview with Eva Fernndez Ortiz, www.truth-out.org. June 7, 2011.

topic: Country, Troops

To ensure victory the troops must have confidence in themselves as well as in their commanders.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

topic: War, Victory, Troops, Commanders

American troops on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq. And so she [Hillary Clinton] is saying we're not going to go back down that road, which is what the American people want. They don't want us putting more troops.

- Eric Bolling

source: Source: www.foxnews.com

topic: Iraq, People, Troops, American Troops