Military Assistance Command

Famous quotes containing the words military, assistance and/or command:

    “The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    “Each [side in this war] looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God’s assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men’s faces; but let us judge not that we be not judged.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Matthew 4:3.

    Tempter to Jesus.