“The jelly-bean eating thug says that national defense is important. But national defense starts at home.” Quote by 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
“To talk of atomic energy in terms of atomic bombs is like talking of electricity in terms of the electric chair.” WarEnergyPeaceTermTalkingBombsChairsElectricElectricityAtomic BombAtomic EnergyElectric Chair Author:Pyotr Kapitsa
“I think that everybody in the world, whatever colour or creed, has a jerk like JR in his or her family somewhere. Whether it is a father, uncle, cousin or brother, everybody can identify with JR and that certainly had something to do with the success of 'Dallas.'” ThinkingWorldFatherBrotherColourCreedsUnclesCousinJerkDallas Author:Larry Hagman
“We should keep [the Panama Canal]. After all, we stole it fair and square.” ShouldWarPeaceFairsSquaresCanalsPanamaPanama Canal Author:S. I. Hayakawa
“Go pick bananas, we'll run the canal.” WarRunningPeacePicksBananasCanals Author:Meldrim Thomson, Jr.
“The visual impact of a United States battleship springs from its ability to put Soviet ships on the bottom of the sea and to put devastating firepower ashore - nothing else.” WarStatesPeaceAbilityUnitedUnited StatesSeaSpringImpactBottomShipsVisualsSoviet Author:John Lehman