#armies

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#come #idea #invasion #resisted #time

That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life. ↗

— Amelia Barr

#affections #answer #armies #birth #death

Marriage, laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence. ↗

— Dora Russell

#human #incompetence #laws #mark #marriage

Too many kings can ruin an army ↗

— Homer

#followers #kings #leaders #leadership #leadership-vs-management

We are not intimidated by the size of the armies, or the type of hardware the US has brought. ↗

— Saddam Hussein

#brought #hardware #intimidated #size #type

Soldiers of Israel, we have no aims of conquest. Our purpose is to bring to naught the attempts of the Arab armies to conquer our land. ↗

— Moshe Dayan

#arab #armies #attempts #bring #conquer

By the breaking in of enraged merciless armies, flourishing countries have been laid waste, great numbers of people have perished in a short time, and many more have been pressed with poverty and grief. ↗

— John Woolman

#been #breaking #countries #enraged #flourishing

The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between them. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#armies #between #british #british empire #building

Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#come #else #idea #nothing #powerful

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#come #greater #idea #mighty #than