“It is necessary to understand that the nation has changed. The army has to change with it.”— Creighton W. Abrams Jr.
“The brave men and women of our armed forces and security agencies have always been our nation’s first line of defense.”— Abdullah II of Jordan
“We have destroyed 2 tanks, fighter planes, 2 helicopters and their shovels - We have driven them back.”— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
“The people of Iran are not afraid of the United States. And they are not afraid of your bombs, of your warships.”— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
“The whole course of the new militaristic round of the arms race, which was started by Washington, shows that it is being conducted for the sake of the U.S. gaining military superiority over the Soviet Union.”— Yuri Andropov
“The commander-in-chief power is the power to lead the military to victory, and it's a very broad power.”— John Yoo