T Quotes
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“The military is the largest polluter in the country, and so you have a lot of military waste contaminating reservations - as, for example, on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation, where 5,000 sheep died in some kind of experimental military nerve gas test 10 years ago. Many of our communities are dealing with that kind of waste, and an absence of political will to clean them up.”
“The military is trying very hard right now to put a better face on Guantanamo, and I think they actually have tried to rid some of the extreme versions of abuse that we have read about.”
“The military is very constitutionalist, and I have my faith in them and in the cooler heads of the people.”
“The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else.”
“The military meets the definition of domestic terrorism.”
“The military might of a country represents its national strength. Only when it builds up its military might in every way can it develop into a thriving country.”
“The military mind always imagines that the next war will be on the same lines as the last. That has never been the case and never will be. One of the great factors on the next war will be aircraft obviously. The potentialities of aircraft attack on a large scale are almost incalculable.”
“The military mind has one aim, and that is to make soldiers react as mechanically as possible. They want the same predictability in a man as they do in a telephone or a machine gun, and they train their soldiers to act as a unit, not as individuals.”
“The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood.”
Source: Sunset and evening star
“The military mind tends to be conservative, realistic and historical. The civilian mind tends to be liberal, idealistic and Utopian. Journalists, obviously, are civilians, and they tend to distrust, and to suspect, the military's motives.”
“The military needs an ample supply of gullible people.”
“The military offered the opportunity to see the world, and meet other people and learn new customs. Plus, the Army taught soldiers discipline. The life I experienced in the service was an education I could never have obtained as a cowboy.”
“The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don't recognise that.”
“The military operation swiftly became one of disaster management and damage control, search and rescue.”
Source: Infected Connection
“The military part of our information network - which we were accustomed to rely on for exact information - was the first part of the network to fall apart”
“The military played polo. Polo, really, started as a game to train for war.”
“The military preferred - invariably - those who could be readily defined, assigned roles, understood, and controlled.”
Source: Under Heaven
“The military prison at Guantanamo was the equivalent of any concentration camp in Nazi Germany, the most shameful example of the cruel and complete abolition of all human rights by the Government, all in the name of the war on terrorism.”
“The military profession, especially in the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will behave well under stress. Professional officers are trained to think in terms of emergent threats, and this [climate change] is as big a threat as you are going to find. Never mind what the pundits are telling the public about the perils of climate change; what are the military strategists telling their governments? That will tell us a great deal about the probable shape of the future, although it may not tell us anything that we want to hear.”
“The military progress both in Syria and in Iraq has been remarkable since President Donald Trump's inauguration. We have continued to liberate areas. We are making tremendous progress in liberating Mosul in Iraq, working with coalition forces, we're moving to position to liberate Raqqa.”
“The military said we'll be able to confirm Saddam is dead with DNA testing. Apparently we have a sample of his DNA. So Monica Lewinsky is working for the CIA?”
“The military sensed weakness, exploited it and played Barack Obama. Obama's foreign policy has been consistently hawkish despite this reluctant warrior schtick that he pulls. But at the end of the day a reluctant warrior is still a warrior. Look at the drone strikes, the tripling of the war in Afghanistan, and now Libya. I'm convinced that had Obama been in the Senate in 2003 he would have voted for the Iraq war. He's clearly easily convinced by his advisers and the Pentagon.”
“The military should get rid of video gambling devices on nearly 100 overseas bases and posts”
“The military state is the final form to which every planned economy tends rapidly.”
Source: The God of the Machine
“The military struggle may frankly be regarded for what it actually was, namely a war for independence, an armed attempt to imposethe views of the revolutionists upon the British government and large sections of the colonial population at whatever cost to freedom of opinion or the sanctity of life and property.”
“The military superiority of Europe to Asia is not an eternal law of nature, as we are tempted to think, and our superiority in civilization is a mere delusion.”
Source: The Problem of China
“The military system of a nation is not an independent section of the social system but an aspect of its totality.”
Source: Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century
“The military taught me discipline, how to problem solve, teamwork and loyalty, a perfect parallel to the kitchen. If we could take that and bottle it, it would be a amazing thing.”
“The military taught me that teamwork is important, which is why I work with both Republicans and Democrats in Congress to get things done. It also taught me that everyone brings a different perspective, whether I agree with it or not, which helps me bridge the divide in Congress.”
“The military taught me the importance of getting something done in a timely manner and the importance of completing a mission on time. My lieutenant would say, 'If you don't, you die.' In many ways, life is the same. If you don't pay attention to a timeline, you lose out on the ability to accomplish the task at hand.”
“The military tends to be a traditional place. Traditional culture, traditional men are often attracted to serving in the military.”
“The military use radio jammers on their vehicles to prevent remote detonations. They do not tell the troops they are bad for their health.”
“The military value of a partisan's work is not measured by the amount of property destroyed, or the number of men killed or captured, but by the number [of the enemy which] he keeps watching [him].”
“The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.”
“The military was all about hierarchies, who urinated highest on the hydrant”
Source: The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy): A Novel (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy)
“The military weapon is but one of the means that serve the purposes of war: one out of the assortment which grand strategy can employ.”
“The military works like government; is financed like government, and sports the same inherent malignancies and perverse incentives of government, down to the racial-spoils system.”
“The military world is characterized by the absence of freedom - in other words, a rigorous discipline-enforced inactivity, ignorance, cruelty, debauchery and drunkenness.”
Source: War and Peace
“The military's job is to win the war. A president's job is to win the peace.”
“The military's own report says that one-third of deaths and casualties could have been avoided if proper body armor and vehicle armor had been provided from the start of the war.”
“the militay dont start wars, politicians start wars”
“The militia is a voluntary force not associated or under the control of the States except when called out; [ when called into actual service] a permanent or long standing force would be entirely different in make-up and call.”
“The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.”
“The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpation of power by rulers. The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of the republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally ... enable the people to resist and triumph over them.”
Source: Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution
“The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of power by rulers. It is against sound policy for a free people to keep up large military establishments and standing armies in time of peace, both from the enormous expenses, with which they are attended, and the facile means, which they afford to ambitious and unprincipled rulers, to subvert the government, or trample upon the rights of the people.”
Source: A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Containing a Brief Commentary on Every Clause, Explaining the True Nature, Reasons, and Objects Thereof : Designed for the Use of School Libraries and General Readers : with an Appendix, Containing Important Public Documents, Illustrative of the Constitution
“The militia, who are in fact the effective part of the people at large, will render many troops quite unecessary. They will form a powerful check upon the regular troops, and will generally be sufficient to over-awe them.”
“The milk of human kindness should be brought fresh to the table every morning.”
“The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.”
“The Milked Duck was empty, save for Dahlia’s two part-time
helpers, but they were all rushing around, anticipating the first
guests for her Risqué Flavor Tasting event any moment now.
The up front freezers were stocked with Chocolate Orgasm,
Peachy Passion, Sexual Favors, Mikey’s favorite Cherry Popper
and more. She had a case of Sin on a Stick treats ready to go and a
temporary menu up on the board behind her.”
Source: Smittened
“The Milkoviches are a much more extreme, much darker version of what the Gallaghers could be. The Gallaghers don't have a violent, sexually abusive, bigoted gangster for a father.”