Military Quotes

My belief is that when the military is used as the sole instrument of power, that never has a good outcome. If there's no one to take ownership and develop that failed state, human suffering can be even worse than that created by the conflict itself. Martin Dempsey
Good Suffering Conflict Power Ownership Military State Sole Worse Outcome Take Never Develop No-One Failed Instrument Itself Than Human Created Used Even Even Worse Belief Human Suffering
One of the characteristics of New Labour - and Miliband is irredeemably of that species - is that, in the guise of a new liberal language, it has adopted the age-old default mode of British foreign policy, namely military intervention. Martin Jacques
Language Military Liberal Intervention Characteristics Guise Adopted New Namely Policy Foreign Foreign Policy Mode Labour Age-Old Species Default British
In 1975, the Americans suffered a spectacular military defeat at the hands of North Vietnam and the Vietcong, with U.S. helicopters seeking to rescue leading U.S. personnel from the tops of buildings as Vietnamese guerrillas closed in on the centre of Saigon. Martin Jacques
Closed Military Defeat Tops Seeking Leading Buildings North American Hands North Vietnam Centre Personnel Vietnam Helicopters Vietnamese Rescue Suffered Spectacular
The U.S. might enjoy overwhelming military advantage, but its relative economic power, which in the long run is almost invariably decisive, is in decline. The interregnum after the Cold War, far from being the prelude to a new American age, was bearing the signs of what is now very visible: the emergence of a multipolar world. Martin Jacques
War Age World Signs Long Power Overwhelming Military Enjoy Cold Cold War Relative Visible Run Emergence Invariably Economic Bearing Long Run Economic Power Advantage Almost New Very American Being After Which Decisive Might Decline Far Prelude Now
The fact is that a car used by Gerry Adams and myself during the course of the Mitchell review was bugged by elements within British military intelligence. Martin McGuinness
Myself Intelligence Car Military Fact Bugged Course Within Mitchell Review Gerry Used Military Intelligence Elements British
I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth. Martin Sheen
Truth Nothing Military Further Could Supporting Been Traitor Accused Being
No, no, I never despair, because George Bush is not running the universe. He may be running the United States, he may be running the military, he may be running even the world, but he is not running the universe, he is not running the human heart. Martin Sheen
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This Administration has led us into an area without vision. Bush has no clear understanding of what is being asked of the citizens, and the military is under his direction. Martin Sheen
Vision Understanding Military This Administration Administration Citizens Direction Area Clear Without His Led Being Bush Us Asked
Assuming China does not become destabilized and continues to grow, it will no doubt develop a military program in proportion to its resources. Martin Van Creveld
Will Become Doubt Military Assuming Resources No Doubt Proportion Develop Does China Grow Program
Roman military tactics were much over-rated. All the clever ones had the same idea, which was to go round the back. Mary Beard
Clever Military Back Tactics Had Idea Go Were Same Roman Which Much Round
There's an ocean of misunderstanding. It's called the civilian-military divide. I had a lot to learn about our military - who they are, what burdens they carry. Mary Gauthier
Ocean Military Our Carry About Divide Had Learn Misunderstanding Lot Burdens Who
In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. Mary McCarthy
Politics Military Honorable Considerations Seems Shameful Retreat Dictated Ethical Reasons Even Suggested
The sacrifice of the brave men and women of the military and their families allows us to be safe, and we are grateful. Matt Mead
Grateful Women Men Men And Women Sacrifice Military Safe Families Brave Brave Men Us
I think we as a society, a global community, we as governments, need to figure out ways to combat ISIS, not just as a military force but as an idea. Matthew Heineman
Community Military Think Society Ways Out Idea Combat Global Force Governments Just Figure Military Force Need
In this ever-changing world, it's more important than ever that our top-notch military continues to receive the resources needed to serve and protect our country. Max Baucus
World Country Important Military Our Resources Top-Notch More Protect Than Ever Serve Ever-Changing Receive Needed
World's major powers, including China and Russia, don't want to 'finance' American military adventures anymore. Max Keiser
Finance World Military Russia Adventures Major Powers American Want Anymore China American Military Including
Operation Peace for Galilee is not a military operation resulting from the lack of an alternative. Menachem Begin
Peace Military Resulting Alternative Operation Lack Military Operation
There are lots of things that I will probably never experience in this life. Military combat. Being dictator of a small central American country. Dunking a basketball. Being a famous rock star. Or walking on Mars. But one thing I have been, and will always be, is an entrepreneur. Michael Arrington
Life Experience Entrepreneur Will Country Military One Thing Mars Small Never Combat Rock Always Rock Star Been Lots Dictator Walking American Being Famous Central Star Thing Things Basketball
Your Guardians of Freedom is a new program that enables unit commanders and Airmen to quickly communicate with people affected by and interested in the mobilization and deployment of military people. Michael C. Burgess
Freedom People Communicate Military Guardians Airmen New Enables Affected Mobilization Quickly Deployment Interested Your Unit Program
The fact is, psychiatric help is not widely available to CIA agents - and as in the military, there is a stigma attached to admitting post-traumatic stress. Michael Hastings
CIA Stress Admitting Military Attached Fact Stigma Psychiatric Available Agents Help Widely
During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the military conducted only a handful of drone missions. Michael Hastings
Military Invasion Only Only A Handful Missions Iraq Handful
Obama's drone program, in fact, amounts to the largest unmanned aerial offensive ever conducted in military history: never have so few killed so many by remote control. Michael Hastings
History Few Control Military Obama Fact Never Remote Aerial Offensive In Fact Many Ever Largest Amount Program
My experience has been that military assessments on 'how goes the war' are consistently more optimistic than those made by the CIA and other agencies. Michael Hayden
War Experience CIA Made Military Other Consistently Those Has-Been More How Been Optimistic Than Goes Agencies
America owed its military renaissance in the 1980s and 1990s to Vietnam. Veterans like Norman Schwartzkopf, Colin Powell, Alfred Grey, Charles Krulak, and Wesley Clark returned home angry and ashamed at their defeat and rebuilt all-volunteer, professional armed forces from the ground up. Michael Ignatieff
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I attended first a military academy, then a public school in Beverly Hills, where we lived, and many of my classmates were the children of movie stars and studio executives. Michael Korda
School First Military Stars Classmates Studio Attended Beverly Beverly Hills Academy Hills Executives Were Where Children Movie Movie Stars Public Then Public School Many Lived
I am probably not alone in sensing above me the huge corporations and monstrous banks, science, politics and technologies, spy satellites and stock markets, military systems and massive wealth - forces and dynamics I don't understand or can hardly imagine. Michael Leunig
Politics Alone Me Science Wealth Military Monstrous Corporations Markets Systems Above Massive Forces Understand Am Huge Spy Stock Banks Dynamics Sensing Satellites Hardly Technologies Imagine
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