Army quotes. Statements of army officers

When nations fight among themselves, it is called war. (K. Prutkov)

The commander said a ferret means a ferret, and no gophers!

Short dashes from me to the next oak.

The rats alerted the captain of the ship that they were on a drill.

Who served in the army, he does not laugh in the circus.

Whoever comes to us with a sword will receive it in a plowshare. (N.Fomenko)

Lies a fighter, failed to cope with the attack

A fighter is lying, he could not cope with the attack (N. Fomenko)

It's better to be a coward for a minute than to be a dead man all your life

Better with a sweetheart in a hut than with a shovel in a dugout

Any business can be done in three ways: right, wrong, and the way they do in the army

I was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor. However, few people managed to avoid this difference. (M. Twain)

We will destroy our nuclear weapon along with America. (V.Chernomyrdin)

We often think with regret of the time when Napoleon shot at the editor of a magazine, but missed and killed the publisher. Still, we appreciate his good intentions. (M. Twain)

NATO does not threaten us (Russia). What makes you think that Ukraine's accession to NATO can threaten us? I want to say it easier. We in Russia do not want Ukraine to turn from a near abroad into a distant one. Ukraine should be more concerned about this than we are! (V.Chernomyrdin)

Do not talk nonsense (N. Fomenko)

Not every general is complete by nature. (K. Prutkov)

Not every captain is a police officer! (K. Prutkov)

Not every person even has a hussar uniform to face. (K. Prutkov)

Don't play the fool (N. Fomenko)

No need to run from a sniper, you will only die tired (M. Zhvanetsky)

A Russian tank is not as scary as its drunken crew.

Wouldn't you go Vanek on the soldiers (N. Fomenko)

Some look brave because they are afraid to run away (M. Zhvanetsky)

No, I'm not sleeping, I'm just blinking slowly (N. Fomenko)

There is no "military thinking"; these are two concepts that have nothing in common. (G. Garrison)

We'll ruin the planes first.

First of all, we will ruin the planes, but the girls, and the girls later!

In front of the doctor's office in the medical unit: "AIDS, pregnancy and other sexually transmitted diseases are sexually transmitted"

The soldier who does not dream of sleeping with the general is bad (N. Fomenko)

The soldier who does not want is bad (N. Fomenko)

Slippers rumbled on the floor (N. Fomenko)

It's good to be a lieutenant colonel, but it's better to be a general

After the end of firing, live and training cartridges must be returned to their original state.

Put a barrier, or an intelligent major

Russians and Chechens are like two birds that cannot get along in the same lair (A. Lebed)

The most disliked saying of sappers: one foot here, the other there

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

Boots should be cleaned in the evening, and in the morning put them on with a fresh head.

Now you are looking out of the auditorium window, and the time will come, and you look out the window of the tank entrusted to you.

Sergeant! Your orderly is not cut, it hangs on your ears

Do you hear what is expected of us? C300. We know what it is. This is not God forbid! Today C300, and tomorrow let's have another ... and the day after tomorrow the third. That's what it is! (V.Chernomyrdin)

I'll take off: gas mask - in 6 seconds; condom - in 5 seconds; bra - in 4 seconds; night watchman - after three attempts

Soldier without a shovel - violation of the uniform

Tanks are not afraid of dirt!

Comrade cadets! When detecting a flash of a nuclear explosion, the most important thing is to turn your back on it so that the steel from the bayonet does not drip onto reproductive organs or government boots

Comrade cadets, what are your last names? - Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov! - What are you, brothers? - No, cousins

Comrade cadet! You are like an African bird, an ostrich, which from the height of its flight does not see the general line of the party

Comrade soldiers! Today, a naked woman was found on the door of the nightstand. With the forces of the outfit, we tore it off and threw it into the toilet. Who does not believe - can go and make sure

Accuracy - courtesy of snipers

We have created all the conditions that need to be overcome in order to become a real officer

Killed while trying to commit suicide

You may not shine with your mind, but you must shine with your boot

Hearing the barking of a patrol dog, the sentry duplicates his voice

A man who served in the army does not laugh at the circus.

What did you break in like a horse? You don't have a tongue to knock?

What kind of toenails have you grown? Like an eagle, even climb trees

What did you, comrade cadet, draw such an uneven square? What are you, colorblind?

This explosive is shaped like plasticine.

This is not for you to twist the bolts on the microcircuits!

This is not for you to hug hedgehogs!

This is not soap for you to drive in a basin!

This is not for you to tuck your fur coat into your shorts!

This is what else! It happens much worse: for example, when planes crash, but people survive ...

I met with many policemen who died, with demonstrators who died; and everyone asks me a question... (Vit. Klitschko)

I ordered all the puddles to be placed on the parade ground so that the officers would not urinate on the way home!

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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 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 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

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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 his superiors 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. At least that's 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

No, the military is not a profession. It's sexual orientation...
Film "DMB"

Shooting a rifle and throwing grenades for two years in a row - you can’t throw it off yourself, like dirty laundry is thrown off ...
Erich Maria Remarque. On the Western front no change

... the military always live in the atmosphere public opinion, which not only hides from them the criminality of their actions, but presents these actions as feats ...
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy. Sunday

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States and armies are often like ships that are hindered by their size.
Claude Adrian Helvetius

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of the best shooters.
Voltaire

A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood.
General George Patton

If the military profession means anything at all, it must be based on an unshakable code of honor. Otherwise, those who follow the drums will be just a bunch of hired killers.
Carl Clausewitz

They say that the general conscription- democratic institution. Yes, like a graveyard.
Meyer London

The inevitability of conscription inclines to voluntary entry into military service.
Lewis Hershey

In the army, they take out your soul and insert a charter in its place.
Rod Steiger

Your soul may belong to God, but your ass belongs to the army.
Appeal to a recruit in the American army

To equip one soldier, you need to skin two sheep and three taxpayers.
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In the war for the budget, the army is invincible.
Arkady Davidovich

Six months of quartermastership, and you can be shot without trial.
Attributed to Alexander Suvorov

Military justice has the same relation to justice as military music has to music.
Georges Clemenceau

In the army, everything is done quickly, so service there drags on slowly.
Konstantin Melikhan

They do nothing in the barracks, but they are extremely disciplined.
Jacques Deval

The commander is like a road sign: he shows everyone where to go, but he does not go there himself.
Konstantin Melikhan

There are no convenient trenches.
Murphy's Army Laws

Mat is the basis of command and control in joint military operations.
Ateksandr Swan

How better soldiers march, the worse they shoot.
Arkady Davidovich

Inform all parts that communication is completely lost.
Ashley Brilliant

The big battalions are always right.
Napoleon I (Bonaparte)

Military forces are not enough to defend the country, while the country defended by the people is invincible.
Napoleon I (Bonaparte)

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)

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

The army is lining up for destruction.
Antonio Miro

A volunteer in the army is a person who does not care what to attack to run, what to retreat to run. As long as the money is paid.
V. Zubkov

A soldier must fear his superior more than his enemies.
Clearchus

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

Military education instills courage through fear.
T. Kotarbinskiy

The War Department prepares three kinds of reports: one to deceive the public; the second, to deceive the cabinet; the third is to deceive ourselves.
M. Asquith

A contract for military service is an agreement in which the military department undertakes to pay allowance, and the contractor agrees to be killed in the event of hostilities.
V. Zubkov

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

The goal of military education is to instill courage through fear.
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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 show amazing abilities in this.
V. Zubkov

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

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

The army is a school in which, no matter how well you study, you will still stay for the second year.
S. Safonov

If the enemy does not threaten, the army is in danger.
A. Davidovich

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

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

Quotes about the army will be especially close, of course, to those people who served. But even for those who do not know what an army is, quotes on this topic may seem very interesting.

It is the army that finally makes you a citizen; without it, you would still have a chance, however small, to remain a human being.
Joseph Brodsky

As history shows, there are no invincible armies.
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin

A people that does not want to feed its own army will soon be forced to feed someone else's.

Napoleon I Bonaparte

Here 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. One hell, he has nothing to lose. This is our main military secret.
DMB

I understood why the army wakes up at 6 in the morning: because the only thing you want to do at 6 in the morning is kill people.
Ruslan Bely

For an ordinary army, not to win is to fail.

Henry Kissinger

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

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

An army is an army, be it Russian, German, French or Spanish, what's the difference? Included in it individual people form a faceless "whole", a fierce and irresponsible whole.
Sarah Bernard

Discipline is the soul of an army. It turns a small army into a mighty force, brings success to the weak and respect to all.

Washington

The strength of the army lies in discipline, in the determination to accurately and unquestioningly carry out the orders of the relevant command authorities.
Mikhail Frunze

The army, like a disability, must be endured steadfastly.
Mikhail Efremov

Of course, all army discipline and drill is, first of all, the development conditioned reflexes. The soldier must not think. For the killing of one's own kind is an occupation contrary to all reason and incompatible with sound thoughts.
Anatoly Wasserman

Soldiers are figures who solve political problems.
Napoleon I Bonaparte

Russia has no friends, they are afraid of our hugeness... Russia has only two reliable allies - its army and its navy.
Alexander III

A large army is always in disarray.

Euripides

There are six types of unfortunate armies: running, disbanded, sinking, collapsing, disorderly, and defeated. These six are not from Heaven and Earth, but from the mistakes of the commander.
Sun Tzu

The world is good, but at the same time, one should not doze, so that their hands are not tied, and the soldiers so that they do not become women.
Peter I the Great

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

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

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A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood. (General George Patton)
The big battalions are always right. (Napoleon I Bonaparte)
Time has no power over the greatness of everything that we experienced during the war. And the people, which once survived great trials, will continue to draw strength from this victory. (G.K. Zhukov)
Military forces are not enough to defend the country, while the country defended by the people is invincible. (Napoleon I Bonaparte)
I came, I saw, I conquered. (Gaius Julius Caesar)

Best Warlord Quotes

As you know, the army is an instrument of war, it exists for armed struggle against the enemies of the Motherland, and for this struggle it must first of all be prepared tactically. Otherwise, she will be forced to complete her studies during the battles, while incurring unnecessary losses. (G.K. Zhukov)
An army of rams led by a lion will always triumph over an army of lions led by a ram. (Napoleon I Bonaparte)
Quotes of commanders - The defeat of the enemy in an operation, battle or battle is the business of the whole team, a common cause. The one who tries to rise above the collective, or the one who wants to raise someone else, is contrary to the truth. (G.K. Zhukov)
Happiness is always on the side of the brave. (P.I. Bagration)
The soldier is required above all endurance and patience; courage is second. (Napoleon I Bonaparte)
Obedience, learning, discipline, cleanliness, health, neatness, cheerfulness, courage, bravery - victory. (A.V. Suvorov)
Courage in war is absolutely necessary, but it is no less important in Peaceful time when it is necessary to uncompromisingly oppose lies, routine military service, ignorance, shortcomings and the calming influence of the environment. (N.L. Clodo)
Combat success is ensured only by an army that is imbued with the spirit of initiative. (A.K. Baiov)
The Russian army is invincible in battles and inimitable in the generosity and virtues of the peace. (M.I. Kutuzov)
No matter how bad it is, never despair, hold on while you have the strength. (A.V. Suvorov)
The highest and ultimate goal of military education is the art of defeating the enemy. (N.D. Butovsky)
Love for the motherland is the first virtue of a civilized person. (Napoleon I Bonaparte)
Honor is the shrine of an officer ... it is the highest blessing ... honor is a reward in happiness and consolation in grief. Honor tempers courage and ennobles bravery. Honor knows neither hardships nor dangers ... honor does not tolerate, and does not endure any stain. (M.S. Galkin)
Easy to learn - hard to hike, hard to learn - easy to hike. (A.V. Suvorov)
One studies the great examples of military art not in order to literally imitate them, but in order to be imbued with their spirit. (M.I. Dragomirov)
Idleness is the root of all evil, especially to a military man. (A.V. Suvorov)
Devotion to the Motherland, to the interests of the common cause - the main task military education programs. (M.I. Dragomirov)
War is made up of unforeseen events. (Napoleon I Bonaparte)
The entire disciplinary charter is completely removed in one phrase of the oath: "not only for fear, but also for conscience." (S.O. Makarov)
First read, learn, then act. (M. Frunze)
Upbringing more important than education, because military science is largely more strong-willed than intellectual. (M.I. Dragomirov)
The Russian soldier goes to the service not because of money, he looks at the war as the fulfillment of his sacred duty, to which he is called by fate ... All the valor of the Russian soldier is based on this. (S.O. Makarov)
There are no fearless people among those who have something to lose. (Napoleon I Bonaparte)
Sayings of the great commanders - Do not think about yourself, think about your comrades; your friends will think of you. Here is the first military commandment. (M.I. Dragomirov)
The one who has never left an airplane in his life, from where cities and villages seem like toys, who has never experienced joy and fear free fall, whistling in the ears, a stream of wind beating in the chest, he will never understand the honor and pride of a paratrooper ... (V.F. Margelov)