Military Comparison Quotes

I think ninjas are probably quieter than SEALs, but we are better swimmers, and also better with guns and blowing things up.

You mention the Navy, for example, and the fact that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets.

Our military forces are an arm of government, just like the Department of Social Welfare, although probably less able to inflict widespread harm

One might as well make a sailor a cock, or a soldier a goose, as a President of Andrew Jackson.

Russia is basically Italy with nuclear weapons.

There were more Americans in the British Army during the Revolution than there were in the American Army.

I don't believe that China, in my lifetime or maybe my children's lifetime, be equal to the United States militarily speaking, but they are very careful to avoid any engagement in war, they are basically a peaceful country, which gives them another advantage over the United States when we are much more inclined to go to war for various reasons.

From the oldest general in Europe to the greatest general on earth.

The U.S. is not great at defense, but in my travels overseas, I realized that everyone else is even worse.

The Secret Service is a strange group. They don't really have a leader. It's not set up like a military. Each one is supposed to be able to act like a leader when something comes up.

North Korea is not even close to being a near peer to South Korea or, much less, the United States.

While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.

Their [the U.S.’s] defense budget in absolute figures is almost 25 times bigger than Russia’s. This is what in defense is referred to as ‘their home — their fortress.’ And good for them, I say. Well done!

Over the last 40 years, more U. S. ambassadors than generals have been killed in the line of duty. But unlike this country's military, the U. S. Foreign Service is maligned, undercut and underutilized.

When you’re working with Army and Marine Corps units, you immediately notice a difference. The Army is pretty tough, but their performance can depend on the individual unit. Some are excellent, filled with hoorah and first-class warriors. A few are absolutely horrible; most are somewhere in between. In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Every one of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers.

Odyssey Dawn? That's not a military operation. That's a Carnival Cruise ship.

The German soldier has impressed the world, however the Italian Bersagliere soldier has impressed the German soldier.

I was a fireman. I lived in the fire sta­tion for about a year. The pay wasn't so good. It was kind of like being in the army, or what I imagine that would be like.

I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world.

And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II.

The musket, always a muzzleloader, took minutes to reload; an archer could aim and fire up to a dozen arrows in a minute. Muskets required continual cleaning and repair; bows were quickly made and easily maintained.

The rebels did more in one night than my whole army would have done in one month.

The National Defense Act of 1916 left the United States with a General Staff of 19 officers, against Germany's 650.

If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.

One of the few benefits of being a journalist is that you're not in the Army.