Military Affairs

Miguel de Cervantes

Literature

Mannerism

1547–1616

"A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause."

🇺🇸Smedley Butler

Military

1881–1940

"Full text of "War Is A Racket", Internet Archive"

🇺🇸Tulsi Gabbard

Military

b. 1981

"My commitment in fighting to end these counterproductive regime change wars is based on these experiences and my understanding the cost of war and who pays the price."

Vladimir Putin

Politics

Russian nationalism

1911–1999

"Even 50 years ago, the streets of Leningrad taught me one thing: if a fight is inevitable, go and fight first."

🇺🇸Hyman G. Rickover

Military

1900–1986

"Some of the ideas I try to get across to the people who work for me are the following:"

🇷🇺Andrei Grechko

Politics

1903–1976

"The Communist Party and the Soviet Government display constant concern to strengthen the country's defensive might and raise the combat readiness of the Armed Forces."

Edward I of England

Politics

1239–1307

"The laws the Irish use are detestable to God, and so contrary to all law that they ought not to be deemed law."

Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

Medicine

"Complete Latin text: Flavi Vegeti Renati Viri Inlustris Comitis, Epitoma Rei Militaris Libri I-IV, 390 CE. The Latin Library. Accessed 17 August 2014."

Erich Ludendorff

Politics

1865–1937

"I will give up troops gladly as long as I know that they will be used in the right place to bring victory."

Emil Zátopek

Sports

1922–2000

"Are you running out of breath? Go faster!"

"When Europeans feel sufficiently provoked and threatened–a few serious terrorist attacks could do it–Europe's Muslims will be lucky just to be deported..."

🇺🇸Daniel Ellsberg

Politics

1931–2023

"We weren't on the wrong side. We are the wrong side."

🇺🇸Benedict Arnold

Military

1741–1801

"Usahistory site includes details on Arnold's escape"

🇷🇺Sergey Biryuzov

Military

1904–1964

"The problem of destroying enemy rockets in flight has been successfully solved in our country."

🇦🇷José de San Martín

Politics

1778–1850

"Your coarse impudence in making me a proposition to employ my sword in a civil war is simply incomprehensible. You insolent scoundrel! Do you realize it has never been dipped in American blood?"

🇩🇪Hermann Adler

Religion

1890–1967

"Among Jews, there is an absence of drunkenness, always a fruitful source of domestic strife and misconduct."

🇩🇪Franz Halder

Music

1884–1972

"Whenever I go and see the Führer, I've got a loaded pistol in my pocket."

🇺🇸George C. Marshall

Military

1880–1959

"I would say—when the fighting is at its fiercest, it is invariably the Infantry that carries the ball over for the touchdown."

Scipio Africanus

Politics

-234–-182

"History of the Hellenistic and Roman World"

🇺🇸Stanley A. McChrystal

Music

b. 1954

"Never shall I fail my comrades... I will shoulder more than my share of the task, whatever it may be, one hundred percent and then some."

Ahmad Shah Massoud

Politics

1953–2001

"If President Bush doesn't help us, these terrorists will damage the U.S. and Europe very soon."

🇪🇸Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Literature

Mannerism

1547–1616

"Demasiada cordura puede ser la peor de las locuras, ver la vida como es y no como debería de ser.Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be."