Quotes About Military Necessity

#1. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.

Salmon P. Chase

#2. As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all.

George B. McClellan

#3. Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment.

Wendell Willkie

#4. Military necessity does not admit of cruelty - that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge, ... nor of torture to extort confessions.

Abraham Lincoln

#5. I believe German soldiers are good and decent, and if they did anything wrong it was because of military necessity.

Wilhelm Keitel

#6. The professional military mind is by necessity an inferior and unimaginative mind; no man of high intellectual quality would willingly imprison his gifts in such a calling.

H.G.Wells

#7. The best thrill is standing on stage and playing - other than being married to my wife.

John Tesh

#8. The military sowed a spirit of brotherhood in its members, by necessity as well as plan, and that spirit was a vengeful one when its ire was aroused.

Evan Currie

#9. I think we women need to be kinder to ourselves. That we are just the way we are is enough.

Teri Hatcher

#10. Today, war of necessity is used by critics of military action to describe unavoidable response to an attack like that on Pearl Harbor that led to our prompt, official declaration of war, while they characterize as unwise wars of choice the wars in Korea, Vietnam and the current war in Iraq.

William Safire

#11. It'd be easy to blame everything on 9/11 or the wars that came after. It's really about the choices we made. By necessity we adapt to the realities of the world we live in, but if we forget that how we live shapes and influences the world around us, then we've already lost.

Tucker Elliot

#12. If you're scared, you should've stayed at home," Byram said.
"If you're not scared, you're stupid.

Cinda Williams Chima

#13. Large and permanent military establishments ... are forbidden by the principles of free government, and against the necessity of which the militia were meant to be a constitutional bulwark.

James Madison

#14. Happiness is a by-product of wanting something more than happiness-to be rightly related to God and our neighbor.

Timothy Keller

#15. My Lamb, you are so very small, You have not learned to read at all; Yet never a printed book withstands The urgence of your dimpled hands. So, though this book is for yourself, Let mother keep it on the shelf Till you can read. O days that pass, That day will come too soon, alas!

E. Nesbit