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"The political lesson of Watergate is this Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election." »Gerald R. Ford
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"I remember when I was in the army, we had the toughest drill sergeant in the world. He'd get right up next to your face and yell, and if you didn't have the right answers, mister, you'd be peeling potatoes or changing the latrine. Hey, wait. I wasn't in the army. Then who WAS that guy" »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
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"In this age when there can be no losers in peace and no victors in war, we must recognize the obligation to match national strength with national restraint." »Lyndon B. Johnson
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"Before the Gulf War started, the Iraqi army was the the fourth largest in the world. Now, its the second largest army in Iraq." »Wall Street Journal, March 15, 1991
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"The World's most powerful army is the army of Medicine, as it is fighting against a real enemy, the most powerful one: The Death!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing." »Alexander Hamilton
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"An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep." »Arab Proverb
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"You go to war with the army you have. They're not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time." »Donald Rumsfeld, http://www.dod.gov/transcripts/2004/tr20041208-secdef1761.html
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"I am more afriad of an army of 100 sheep lead by a lion than an army of 100 lions lead by a sheep." »Tallyrand
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"Between Napoleon and his army, always choose Napoleon; because He can create another army, but his army cannot create a Napoleon!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"I am going to Spain to fight an army without a general, and thence to the East to fight a general without an army." »Julius Caesar, (attributed)
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"Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him." »Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"But who is to guard the guards themselves" »Juvenal
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"Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself." »Mortimer Adler
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"Be on your guard against a silent dog and still water." »Latin Proverb
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"Chief of the army." »Napoleon Bonaparte, last words, 1821
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"See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way..." »Exodus 2320 Bible
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"Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues." »John Locke
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"From a psychological point of view, when people go under pressure in life, be it economically or otherwise, they seek support from the people closest to them, usually religious or ethnic groups. They also start blaming other groups who have more control over the national resources. If the gap of power is wide, this will eventually create deep divisions in the nation. The divisions can take on new forms of conflict such as class warfare, ethnic, religious, political unrest and sometime civil war. The only effective protection against national divisions is an open socioeconomic system with a large and growing middle class" »Med Jones
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"An army marches on its stomach." »Napoleon Bonaparte
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"For what are posessions but things we guard for fear we might need them tomorrow?" »Kahlil Gibron, (book) The Profit
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"A language is a dialect with an army and a navy." »Max Weinreich
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"Skill and confidence are an unconquered army." »George Herbert
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"Tony Montana You think you can take me You need a f***ing army if you gonna take me" »Scarface
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"God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it." »Daniel Webster
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"guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards." »Lois McMaster Bujold
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"Who will guard the guards themselves?
(quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)" »Juvenal, Satires
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"Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army." »Edward Everett Hale
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"No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come." »Victor Hugo
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"At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past." »Maurice Masterlinck
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