Gal Gadot Quotes

I would have been a disastrous soldier.

Having grown up in a military family, I know that politics should have no role in determining who is best qualified to lead our armed forces.

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

The function of combat is not merely to perpetrate violence, but to perpetrate violence on command, instantaneously and reflexively. The function of the service academies is to prepare men for leadership positions where they may someday exercise that command.

I spent 23 years in the military. I think I'm in a good position to make those judgments on what is necessary in the military and what is not necessary, without buying a lot of things that would not really add to our security.

I joined the Marines, passed Special Forces selection, and became a young leader in the military.

Don't forget I'm from a military family. I was in special training in the army. I am tall, sporty and - how do you say - you can always protect yourself... I have very strong security.

I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in the U.S. wanted to debate it that way.

I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.

I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat.

In 1967, I signed up for the Army, where I earned an equivalency diploma, then went on to join the Special Forces. That was really was the turning point in my life. I became more disciplined and focused. I went overseas and was in combat, got wounded a couple of times, lost a lot of good friends but matured a great deal.

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.

While Napoleon believed his fortunes to be governed by destiny, his real genius lay in self-control and martial daring coupled with an indomitable will to power.

As the Senator from Vermont was kind enough to note, I did have the experience of being commander in chief of our National Guard in Missouri for 8 years.

A commander in chief with military experience might be able to prod a conservative military into thinking more imaginatively.

I've never really had a TV career. I've been a soldier and a climber.

After I graduated from school, I enrolled in the military college, a cadet school. This is the first stage of military training; it instills discipline and various qualities required for military life.

Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby.

Fortunately, I have been very healthy all my life and very active all my life and have enjoyed an active lifestyle.

I think some of my best theatre training has been in the Marine Corps. Not only meeting a bunch of characters, but growing up. You're in really adult situations at a young age, as far as being in charge of people.

As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out.

I spent four years in the United States Army between 1985 and 1989, and I certainly learned how to survive out in the woods.

I'm probably more comfortable inside a Marine Corps rifle company than I am anywhere in my life.

The only difficulty I had in declaring war arose from the incompetency of the men to whom the principle management of it was to be given.

It’s not the plans, it’s the people. I think we should have Defense Department people.