“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”

-Gilbert K. Chesterton

“The soldier is the army. No army is better than its soldiers. The soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country.”

– General George S. Patton Jr.

“In order to assure an adequate national defense, it is necessary — and sufficient — to
be in a position in case of war to conquer the command of the air.”

-General Giulio Douhet

“There is no economy in cheap labor or cheap material.”

-Henry Ford

“The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years.”

-James Forrestal

“Border security is the most basic and necessary responsibility of a sovereign nation.”

-Kirstjen Nielsen