Author Topic: What's your favorite Military quote? (Read 1591 times)

RATTFINK · « **on:** January 23, 2008, 07:34:44 PM »

Mine is:

"Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."

--Winston Churchill

Yknurd · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2008, 07:45:27 PM »

Look out for that truck!

-- General George S. Patten

john9001 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 23, 2008, 07:47:54 PM »

"nuts", Gen McAuliffe, Bastogne, Belgium

C(Sea)Bass · « **Reply #3 on:** January 23, 2008, 07:49:45 PM »

OH, $#!@!
- The guy who saw the first tank in battle

Spikes · « **Reply #4 on:** January 23, 2008, 07:51:10 PM »

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Originally posted by C(Sea)Bass
OH, $#!@!
- The guy who saw the first tank in battle

Hornet33 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 23, 2008, 08:03:31 PM »

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

General Dwight Eisenhower

eagl · « **Reply #6 on:** January 23, 2008, 08:06:37 PM »

“The discipline which makes the soldiers of a free country reliable in battle is not to be gained by harsh or tyrannical treatment. On the contrary, such treatment is far more likely to destroy than to make an army. It is possible to impart instruction and give commands in such a manner and such a tone of voice as to inspire in the soldier no feeling, but an intense desire to obey, while the opposite manner and tone of voice cannot fail to excite strong resentment and a desire to disobey. The one mode or the other of dealing with subordinates springs from a corresponding spirit in the breast of the commander. He who feels the respect which is due to others cannot fail to inspire in them respect for himself. While he who feels, and hence manifests, disrespect towards others, especially his subordinates, cannot fail to inspire hatred against himself.”

John M. Schofield

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schofield

I suspect that Gunslinger knows exactly why this is important for a military officer to understand. I suspect even more strongly that it is one of his most fervent wishes that more officers had this one internalized.

Xargos · « **Reply #7 on:** January 23, 2008, 08:07:25 PM »

Out here, due process is a bullet.

DiabloTX · « **Reply #8 on:** January 23, 2008, 08:27:46 PM »

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Originally posted by Yknurd
General George S. Patten

Ummm...who?

AKIron · « **Reply #9 on:** January 23, 2008, 08:33:40 PM »

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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Ummm...who?

hehe, I think he meant this General: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton

Yknurd · « **Reply #10 on:** January 23, 2008, 08:34:32 PM »

Patton...type. Sorry.

AquaShrimp · « **Reply #11 on:** January 23, 2008, 08:59:59 PM »

I like the funny quotes, not the overly dramatic ones.

There was a famous P-47 pilot, and I don't remember the exact quote. But he was alone in a big dogfight with many german planes. Even in such an extreme and dangerous situation, he still managed to have some humor in radio transmission. It went something like this

"I need a little bit of help, I have five of them cornered over here"

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 23, 2008, 09:03:40 PM »

"He lied."

First thing and repeated things you hear throughout your military career about your recruiter.

Scatcat · « **Reply #13 on:** January 23, 2008, 09:03:55 PM »

Here is mine,

"Any American fighter near Orote Peninsula, I have forty Jap planes surrounded and need help!"

-Ensign Wilber "Spider" Webb

http://classicinsignia.com/store//WWII_Insignia_Navy_VF2.html

M36 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 23, 2008, 09:07:31 PM »

"Have a little faith baby, have a little faith"

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