“Mrs. Thatcher responded to our liberation of Grenada with the sounds of a somewhat hypersensitive Neville Chamberlain.” Quote by Emmett Tyrrell
“I never travel without my Stetson, but the more I wear it the more I realise that no one wears hats any more. When I was a kid everybody wore hats, especially in Texas, but I get off the plane in Dallas now and I'm the only guy with a hat. It's amazing.” KidsGuyTravelPlanesHatsRealisingTexasDallas Author:Larry Hagman
“The miracle of Grenada is how quickly the Cuban workers beat their plowshares into Soviet AK-47s.” WarPeaceBeatsMiracleWorkersSovietCubanGrenada Author:William Cohen
“These missiles [Cruise and Pershing II] represent a new generation of missiles whose deployment will help give NATO first-strike capability. With this first-strike strategy, the West believes it could attack Russian military installations with such effectiveness that serious retaliation would be impossible.” GivingFirstsBelieveWarHelpingWould BePeaceImpossibleGenerationsMilitarySeriousStrategyWestStrikesCapabilityEffectivenessMissilesNew GenerationNatoCruiseDeploymentRetaliationInstallationRussian Military Author:Petra Kelly
“In 1979, we thought it would be easier to take power. The intervention of the United States has changed the circumstances.” WarStatesWould BePeaceUnitedUnited StatesChangedCircumstancesEasierIntervention Author:Mario Lopez
“The jelly-bean eating thug says that national defense is important. But national defense starts at home.” ImportantWarHomePeaceEatingDefenseBeansThugJellyNational DefenseJelly Bean Author:Dick Gregory
“High Frontier places a bullet-proof vest on our bare chest. High Frontier is as non-aggressive as a bullet-proof vest. There is no way to kill anyone with High Frontier - all that High Frontier can do is to keep others from killing us.” WayWarPeaceCan DoKillingProofChestsAggressiveBulletsFrontiersVests Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“Mutually Assured Destruction, MAD, works only as long as it works; it does not know what to do if deterrence fails, for it envisions no defensive capabilities. A deterrent works until it is needed; then one needs defenses.” IfsKnowsNeedsLongDoeWarPeaceFailingNeededDestructionMadDefenseWorking ItCapabilityAssuredDeterrentDeterrenceMutually Assured Destruction Author:Jerry Pournelle
“We can export terrorism. We can assassinate and set fires inside the territory of the United States as it did to all of us.” WarStatesPeaceUnitedUnited StatesFireTerrorismTerritoryFire Inside Author:Muammar al-Gaddafi
“Alexander III of Macedon is known as Alexander the Great because he killed more people of more different kinds than any other man of his time.” PeopleMenKindDifferentWarPeaceKnownDifferent Kinds Author:Will Cuppy
“Paradoxically, the few eras of peace were times when men of war had high influence. The Pax Romana was enforced by Caesar's Legions. The Pax Brittanica was enforced by the Royal Navy and His Majesty's Forces.” MenWarForcePeaceInfluenceErasRoyalNavyMajestyLegionRoyal Navy Author:Jerry Pournelle