“Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.”
Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian
Post-Prime Ministerial
As quoted in The Unlawful Concert : An Account of the Presidio Mutiny Case (1970) by Fred Gardner.
Unsourced French: Il suffit d'ajouter "militaire" à un mot pour lui faire perdre sa signification. Ainsi la justice militaire n'est pas la justice, la musique militaire n'est pas la musique.
It suffices to add "military" to a word for it to lose its meaning. Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
“Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.”
Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian
Post-Prime Ministerial
“The military stand is that reconciliation is only possible after justice is served.”
Frank Bainimarama (1954) Prime Minister of Fiji
2000, Excerpts from an address to Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs, 28 July 2005
“You know things have gone bad when military marches pass for pop music.”
James Patterson (1947) American author
Source: Witch & Wizard
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
2000s, 2003, Remarks on U.S.-British relations and foreign policy (November 2003)
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
1860s, Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
Context: And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Mark Hertling (1953) United States Army general
As quoted in "A soldier's view on Trump" http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/04/opinions/donald-trump-military-hertling/index.html CNN, 4 March 2016
Narges Mohammadi (1972) Iranian human rights activist
As quoted in 1,000 Days in Prison: Narges Mohammadi Condemns Iranian Judiciary’s “Subservience” to Security Agencies https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2018/02/1000-days-in-prison-narges-mohammadi-condemns-iranian-judiciarys-subservience-to-security-agencies/ (February 21, 2018), Center for Human Rights in Iran.
Wesley Clark (1944) American general and former Democratic Party presidential candidate
92nd Street Y Cultural Center (2007)
“Military intelligence was as nothing to military stupidity.”
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Diplomatic Immunity (2002), Chapter 2 (p. 32)
Frank Bainimarama (1954) Prime Minister of Fiji
2000, Excerpts from an address to Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs, 28 July 2005