Statements of the great commanders of the second half of the nineteenth century. Quotes about the army Sayings about military duty

Statements of the great commanders of the second half of the nineteenth century.  Quotes about the army Sayings about military duty

Military quotes can give strength to the spirit and set you on active work. It also contains quotes about the military. This selection may or may not be liked by those who are related or simply love everything related to the military.

The military class is the most honorable. And what is war, what is needed for success in military affairs, what are the morals of a military society? The purpose of the war is murder, the weapons of war are espionage, treason and its encouragement, the ruin of the inhabitants, robbing them or stealing for the food of the army; deceit and lies, called stratagems; morals of the military class - lack of freedom, that is, discipline, idleness, ignorance, cruelty, debauchery, drunkenness. And despite that - this is the upper class, revered by all. All the kings, except for the Chinese, wear a military uniform, and the one who killed the most people is given a big reward ...
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy. War and Peace

Formerly the army was covered in glory; now a mother.
Valentin Domil

The serviceman chooses one indecent word for himself and constantly walks with it.
Alexander Pokrovsky. Shoot

There are quite often quotes from the military here, because they know better what to say.

I feel calm every time when I ask the operations officer “where is the nearest aircraft carrier?”, he can answer: “It is in that very place!”
John Shalikashvili

As the old-timers used to say, “a soldier in front of his superiors should look dashing and stupid, so as not to embarrass the authorities with his mind.”
Alexey Chernenko. Lord Dark. Rider

The general was a peaceful person in all respects, except for family ones.
Oscar Wilde. The importance of Being Earnest

A military doctor is neither a doctor nor a military man.
Alina Cooper

Every citizen is the master of his own fate, but the fate of a military man belongs not to him, but to the Fatherland.
Oleg Roy. White square. sakura petal

The military must obey the politicians.
Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz

The authorities will not so easily ask about health, and since they ask, it means that they are preparing some kind of another dirty trick for their subordinates. Such a dirty trick that will drastically affect the very well-being and health of the one who was asked. By at least That's exactly how it is in the military.
Evgeny Schepetnov. Weeks Black magician

Are you asking me if I regret that the war is over? The fire department is buying new equipment and training the guys, but that doesn't mean the fire department wants to start a fire or start one.
The film "Top Secret Affair"

Forced military service is a monstrous invention, one of the greatest evils of our time. Who needs this: to put uniforms on people and send them to kill each other? Once upon a time, knights fought in a good field, war was a sport for them, and they were simply not good for anything else. But it never occurred to anyone to shackle a philosopher or poet in armor and drive him to the battlefield.
Archibald Joseph Cronin. Monument to the Crusader

Discipline is a mirror of the army, dramatically multiplying soldiers on the parade ground, in the infirmary and trenches.

The army is skillfully built to destroy, not to build. — Antonio Miro

When there is no external enemy, the army gradually degrades. – A. Davidovich

The army of the past was like a school in which excellent students of military affairs, middle peasants, and lazy people became repeaters. – S. Safonov

Serious trials await the army, because everyone is appointed Ministers of Defense: civilians, firefighters, and astrologers.

It has long been customary that a girl was waiting for a serviceman. 25 years is hard to be faithful. If the girl was waiting for a soldier, they cast a cannon, if not, they planted a tree. Look around - how much forest, and the tsar cannon alone remained.

When your answers cause laughter and laughter from the examiners, get ready to serve.

Squad under command brave lion stronger than the unit led by the branched deer.

Military doctrine always has an alternative to deceive the public, confuse the enemy and save the army.

The soldier does everything in an army way clearly and harmoniously.

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To send people to war untrained is to betray them.

Better not to know love at all than to lose it as a soldier.

who served in the army does not laugh in the circus)

The goal of military education is to instill courage through fear. - Author unknown

Connoisseurs of military art have established an inverse proportion between the number of enemy soldiers killed and the number of our generals. – S. Parkinson

Shoot rarely, but accurately. Bayonet if firmly. The bullet will miss, the bayonet will not miss: the bullet is a fool, the bayonet is well done.

Orders are discussed only in the direction of their best execution.

A bad general has an army in six variations: fleeing, lax, undisciplined, collapsed, drowned and defeated.

The army is people gathered in one place for the sole purpose of correcting the mistakes of diplomats. – D. Daniels

Does alcohol make girls prettier? So, you have never been in the army!

Vyacheslav had the most beautiful girl in the district, so he was escorted to the army by the whole yard.

The big battalions are always right. - Napoleon I Bonaparte

If the state thinks that it provides the army ... then let it think that the army protects it!

To fight a hundred times and win a hundred times is not the best of the best; the best of the best is to subdue another's army without fighting.

It is much cheaper to buy a general than to fight him and his army.

At the end of the shooting ranges, training and live ammunition must return to its original state.

A soldier's haircut should be the same as mine - bald in the back, and in front as in the back.

Military power is like fire: it burns near, it warms from afar. – G. Foix

Do not be afraid when the sunset is not in place, the day of judgment is a fairy tale for the elders, it’s just that the Earth is rotated wherever our replacement companies on the march want.

For some reason, when a guy goes into the army, the constitution ceases to apply to him, only when he is tired!

Whoever was not a soldier’s girlfriend will not understand what it means to wait, to wait from dawn to dusk, to breathe with calls, letters. How is it to cry, worry, fall asleep with a dream of a meeting, and finally wait for it, they won’t experience all this ...

Military education instills courage through fear. – T. Kotarbinski

It is human nature to err... from afar, the commander began a conversation with the sapper's wife.

In the army, when you go on the offensive, speed is very important. And when you retreat - even more important! – V. Zubkov

The soldiers are the same children, only the penis is larger and the machine gun is real.

Even death is not an excuse for not following a combat order.

Twice a year, military commissars gather for a Sabbath and call on spirits.)))

The army is only as good as the state financially provides it.

Anything can be done with bayonets; you just can't sit on them. - Napoleon I Bonaparte

Die yourself, but save a comrade.

In Russia, offices and barracks. Everything moves around the whip and the rank.

In the army, as in a circus: they wear a round one - they roll a square one.

Knocked down, fight on your knees, you can't stand up, step on!

A career officer is a person whom we provide for everyone in peacetime, so that in war time he sent us to fight.

Army discipline is not easy, but this weight is a shield, not a yoke.

The most miserable thing in the world is a crowd; here is the army - the crowd; they go into battle not because courage flared up in them, they are given courage by the consciousness that there are many of them and that they are in command. - Mark Twain

The officers in the garrison are the commanders of their subordinates. The commanders of the commanders are their wives. Commanding their husbands is their only occupation that gives pleasure. And we must pay tribute - many in this show amazing abilities. – V. Zubkov

For a volunteer in the army, what to fight, what to retreat - everything is the same. The money is paid, and that's fine. - V. Zubkov.

A soldier's contract means that he risks being killed and receives a certain cash share for this. - V. Zubkov.

It takes a very brave person to be a coward in Soviet army.

For good man the army is a dear mother ... but for the bad - a mother-in-law!

It may not be easy on the days of separation and unbearable without you, but no matter how hard it is, I will still wait, my love !!!

The army is a test not only for those who serve, but also for those who wait

A fuse designed for five seconds always burns no more than three.

Nothing so numerically multiplies battalions as success.

The army is a bad school, since war does not happen every day, and the military pretends that their work is permanent. – B. Shaw

In the army, the main thing is to do it on time once, than to do it right twice.

And every person has a chance to be an ordinary person. Quite tiny, but it exists. At least until you get into the army.

The army is people gathered in one place for the sole purpose of correcting the mistakes of diplomats.

You write letters to a soldier, because for a soldier this is everything, because you don’t see a soldier when he reads it ....

Take me - who was I? And what have I become? To put it mildly, everyone! And why? Yes, because I am a Russian soldier! And the Russian soldier never gives up. He has nothing to lose. This is our main military secret.

Any problem can be solved, as long as there is enough ammunition.

the trigger is not a member, do not pull it, they press it!!

In the army, it is not the one who is to blame, but the one who is appointed who is to blame.

If the enemy does not advance, Russian army in danger.

Military forces are not enough to defend the country, while a country defended by the people is invincible.

The goal of military education is to instill courage through fear.

An army of rams led by a lion will always triumph over an army of lions led by a ram. - Napoleon I Bonaparte

One bad commander in chief is better than two good ones. - Napoleon I Bonaparte

An army of deer led by a lion is stronger than an army of lions led by a deer.

If anything will save our country, it will be soldier's ingenuity!

Speed ​​in an army is of the utmost importance both to those who advance and especially to those who retreat.

All your troubles from the fact that the top button is undone.

The people cannot be defeated, it is the people who are the best defender of any country, not the military forces. - Napoleon I Bonaparte.

The army is an inevitable phenomenon, and most young people no longer aspire to run away from it, as in the 1990s. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Defense, 75% of men from 18 to 27 years old served in the Russian Armed Forces. Military service has ceased to be a scarecrow and for many, 1 or 2 years "in boots" have become a source of pleasant memories and a time to gain invaluable experience.

This is the reason for the increased popularity of the corresponding type of folklore - poems, jokes, songs and quotes about the army, service, morals of soldiers and officers.

"Great minds" of the world about the army

Most of the personalities significant for history were commanders of armies, rulers of their states, or rotated in military circles for a long time. Ancient thinkers, ministers and presidents different countries, generals - they all left a lot of quotes about the army and the circumstances related to it as a legacy to the world:

  • The soldier requires endurance and patience. Courage is not required. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
  • no heavier than the chains of a prisoner of war. (Dwight Eisenhower)
  • Any business can be done in 3 ways: right, wrong and "like in the army." (American saying)
  • Armies once defeated learn well. (V.I. Lenin)
  • In the army, death is not considered a valid reason for disobeying an order. (Russian proverb)

Statements of army officers

This layer of quotes about the army is filled with humor, because for the most part comes from casual reservations of military personnel. Moreover, in the early 90s, a small collection of statements by officers of the Soviet Army was even released, many of which were uttered back in the 1970s. They are still laughed at.

  • Live like pigs in a den!
  • Dig from the fence until lunch. I agreed with shovels.
  • Shut up, I'm asking you!
  • After the command "Hang out" comes the dark time of the day.

However, there is also a serious layer of aphorisms dedicated to senior officers:

  • Generals are always preparing for the last war. (W. Churchill )
  • Nothing boosts morale like a dead general. . ( John Masters)
  • An officer will not become a good commander if he stops being afraid of a corporal. (Bruce Marshall)

Soldier savvy

Most of the soldiers spoke at the time, Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov. Including:

  • Every warrior must know his maneuver.
  • Wherever a deer passes, there a soldier will pass.
  • While the battle is going on, help out healthy comrades, and the wounded will be picked up without you. If you beat the enemy, it will be good: both the wounded and the healthy.
  • Service and friendship, like 2 parallel lines, do not converge.
  • Among the lower ranks there are also heroes.
  • Easy to learn - hard to hike, hard to learn - easy to hike.

In addition to the serious "bloc" are very much in demand about the army, which sing of the soldier's ingenuity, his stupidity and unenviable position.

  • When you become a soldier, forget ordinary dreams. Kiss with a gun and give flowers to the ensign.
  • The demobilization soldiers are counted.
  • If a soldier says "didn't take", it means he won't give back.
  • If you want to become a soldier, scold the dean with foul language.
  • A soldier is always an impudent mug, an empty stomach and not an ounce of conscience!

Aphorisms and statuses of girls

It just so happened that there are not too many quotes about the army for girls waiting for guys from the army. Only one is widely known and not with the most pleasant meaning: "A girl who waited for her boyfriend in a "citizen" is a museum rarity."

Much of the popular folklore on this subject is represented by phrases for statuses in social networks, where the fair sex is trying to express their longing for their beloved. Among them:

  • I'm a soldier's girl!
  • He was waiting for me after school, and now I'm waiting for him. From the army.
  • There are 4 hours between us by bus, but I can't get past the checkpoint of your unit.
  • Many have boyfriends, but not everyone has a soldier.

Sometimes among the statuses and quotes about the army for girls there are approaches with humor:

  • The girl waiting for the guy from the army is not Hachiko. But also well done!
  • The army is a bitch. Takes our guys away.
  • I solemnly swear allegiance to my beloved soldier. I swear to strictly fulfill the duties of a "waiting girl", reject male faces and courageously defend our love! (Oath of Allegiance) .
  • Your favorite debt. 365 nights.

The main thing about the war

Among the quotes about the army, they occupy a separate place - a rather serious and terrifying phenomenon. As a rule, they don’t even joke about him “just like that”. Thinkers of antiquity and contemporaries all recognize the necessity and even some inevitability of military action in the world:

  • The goal of any war is to achieve peace. (Aristotle )
  • Truth is the first casualty of war common sense and the ability to negotiate. (Johnson Hiram)
  • War is war. It requires iron discipline. (V.I. Lenin)
  • Victory depends on the prowess of the legions. (Gaius Julius Caesar)
  • Money is the essence of the artillery of war. (Peter the Great)
  • The war ends when the last soldier is buried. (Alexander Suvorov)
  • Either humanity ends the war, or war with humanity. (D. Kennedy)
  • Someday either wars will go out of fashion or people will.

In general, army humor occupies a large part of folklore and includes not only thoughtful and humorous statements, but also dialogues, stories, anecdotes and poetic forms.



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