Rick Atkinson Quotes

After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese army.

One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army.

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.

Never should the word peace fall from the mouths of our highest officials.... With such a country as ours, with her vast areas ... her immense natural resources, and her hundreds of millions of inhabitants, if all would prove their loyalty to their emperor and love of their country, what indeed is there to fear from any strong invader? Let us not think of making peace, nor rely solely upon diplomatic maneuvers.

The Belarussian people trust their army and are confident in the reliability of the national security system.

The comforting news for every American is that our men and women in uniform, and every Marine, is as good today as any in our history.

Let me tell you what I literally told every world leader I've met with, and I've met them all: It's never, never, never been a good bet to bet against America. We have the finest fighting force in the world.

I'm going to put the interests of the nation first.

God is my witness that up to now, my only aspiration in life is to be a useful element within the army! I have for long been convinced that, to safeguard the country and give happiness to the people, it is necessary first of all to prove once more to the world that our army is still the old Turkish army.

At a time when this country needs a good military, the last thing we need to be doing is turning out of our military of people who served and then bringing in people who are illegally in the country.

I'm a big supporter of our United States military.

The Pledge of Allegiance was founded on ideals of religious freedom, and has been a valuable part of our national life for generations.

I believe that wholeheartedly - that we have to maintain a strong national defense.

We are very clear that we will go to any lengths for the sake of protecting our national pride.

We must become Icelanders in soccer, Israelis in defending our land, Japanese in technology.

We are not a gigantic state, we do not have nuclear weapons, but our army is sufficiently capable to respond to any threat... Therefore, we will protect our patch of land, our statehood, and our independence.

We owe it to our troops to make policy that strengthens America now and in the future.

Americans don't want to see our military become Republican or Democrat. Americans appreciate that our military belongs to all of us.

It's great to be British, really. If anything happens, I'm back to my country. At least I have a country.

But I'm a daughter of the American revolution, my grandpa fought in World War II, I have lots of family members who were in the military, and it really just was part of growing up for me.

Captain America is an interesting character because it makes you ask those questions in yourself as a writer. What do we want as a nation, what do we mean as a nation, what is our role in the world as a nation? What are our strengths and weaknesses as a country?

I would like to make work for my country, art which is innately Kenyan by being made in Kenya.

I just care about the heart and soul of our country and the direction it's headed in.

Every nation has a flag.

American values don't begin and end with destroyers and aircraft carriers.