INTELLIGENTSIA ABOUT THE NATIONAL ARMY

The birth of the Armenian army – is the fruit of general will, force, devotion, patriotism of our nation. The Armenian army became the adorable son of each Armenian, the whole nation. Flesh and blood to the Armenian army were given by art worker and worker, scientist and peasant, soldier and commander. That’s why creation and making of the army – it is a fete day not only for the servicemen.

Don’t think that I limit myself in the frame of the singing art, and for me my country’s destiny did not matter. Of course, it is absurdly to compare our army with, say, the British one, because not all happen at once. If today we have an army, and they speak about it in the region, this is already a victory, achievement.
Gohar Gasparyan, world-famous opera singer

When I speak about the Armenian army, my heart feels with pride, eyes become full of tears. Glory to those who gave us the national army, strengthened it, who made the service of our sons secure, who gave The Army Day to our calendar. My motherly blessings to all servicemen!
Vardouhi Khachatryan, actress

The first guarantee of our country’s security is soldier’s spirit, moral, patriotism, bravery. To be a patriot the soldier must know his roots, the past, historical heritage. After man only his work remains. I wish our soldiers assess highly each minute of their service life, devote themselves fully to this ambitious heroic work.
Paris Herouni, world famous radiophysicist

The army is our faith and pride, guarantee of our survival, the first guarantee of our belief and optimism towards future. Today we fight through every hardship, go forward since we are protected in our country owing to our strong and combat-ready national army. Our nation always liked the army, soldier.
Alexander Haroutyunyan, composer

We are protected physically, and our protector is not a stranger, they are our soldiers. We created our army with our own forces, devotion and patriotism, with our military talent and brain. And this army today fully protects us. Our army is the most powerful in the region, although our country is the smallest. That means we are clever, strong, we are patriots, we have potential. We are a powerful nation!
Ara Shiraz, sculptor