Military Merit Order

Famous quotes containing the words military, merit and/or order:

“The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)

“The arrogance that accompanies merit offends us even more than the arrogance of people who are lacking in merit: since merit itself offends us.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“In order to be somebody you have to hold even your shadow in high regard.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)