Ibrahim Babangida Quotes

I shall never ask any pilot to go on a mission that I won't go on.

Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.

For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words, but for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds.

I admire the military. I guess in a world of villains and heroes, they're my heroes. Their dedication, their commitment, their discipline, their code of ethics.

The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.

I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesn't occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their own willpower and strength are willing to sacrifice their lives for an idea.

It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

I do what I do because it is the right thing to do. I am a warrior, and it is the way of the warrior to fight superior odds.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse. A man who has nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance at being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

There are things a man must not do to save a nation.

I can't spare this man—he fights.

When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?

SEALs aren't the only heroes out there. Everyone who puts on a uniform meets that threshold.

My mother and father were partisan national heroes: I learned sacrifice and discipline from them and that a private life is not as important as the message you want to leave.

I take being a hero really seriously.

I have nothing but unreserved praise for our armed forces, paramilitary and internal security forces. Their sacrifices to preserve the integrity and unity of our country present a saga of unparalleled courage and discipline.

Perhaps the right to authenticity and the reverence of authenticity should be reserved for people like John McCain. John McCain who at his most authentic chose to stay and face years of torture rather than leave before his brothers.

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

How happy I am to go to the front at last. To do my bit. To prove with my life what I think I feel.

Young people are so brave when they go to fight.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the right thing from the wrong motive.

When you've married someone who's been at war, there is nothing you can do that compares to that level of selflessness and bravery.