Quotes Flashcards
General Robert E. Lee, Confederate States Army
Duty then is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more. You should never wish to do less.
General Joseph L. Collins, United States Army
The American people rightly look to their military leaders to be not only skilled in the technical aspects of the profession of arms, but to be men of integrity
General Omar N. Bradley, USA
Leadership is intangible; therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
General Nathan F. Twining, USAF
If our air forces are never used, they have achieved their finest goal.
General Ulysses S. Grant, USA
In every battle, there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten; then he who continues the attack wins.
John Stuart Mill
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling, which thinks that nothing is worth war, is much worse. The person, who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
General Charles A. Gabriel, Chief of Staff, USAF
Integrity is the fundamental premise for military service in a free society. Without integrity, the moral pillars of our military strength, public trust, and self-respect are lost.
Father Denis E. O’Brien, Sergeant, USMC
It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protestor to burn the flag.
Alfred Thayer Mahan
War, once declared, must be waged offensively, aggressively. The enemy must not be fended off; but smitten down. You may then spare him every exaction, relinquish every gain, but ‘til then he must be struck incessantly and remorselessly.
General Daniel S. “Chappie” James, USAF
The power of excellence is overwhelming. It is always in demand, and nobody cares about its color.
Brigadier General Jeannie M. Leavitt, USAF
Gender, race, religion, none of that matters. What matters is how you perform.
Major Lisa Jaster, USA
There’s no quitting, I can’t have quit in me. There was never an option to stop and quit.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, USA
If I didn’t have air supremacy, I wouldn’t be here.
Italian Air Marshall Giulio Douhet
Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the changes in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after the changes occur
General Norman Schwarzkopf
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
