“The U.S. has since the end of World War II had an answer - we stand for free peoples and free markets, we are willing to support and defend them - we will sustain a balance of power that favors freedom.” WorldWarEndsAnswersSupportWillingBalanceFavorsWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IFree MarketBalance Of Power Author:Condoleezza Rice
“In strategy the longest way round is often the shortest way there- a direct approach to the object exhausts the attacker and hardens the resistance by compression, whereas an indirect approach loosens the defender's hold by upsetting his balance.” WayWarHistoryPowerSocietyObjectsBalanceApproachDirectStrategyRoundsResistanceUpsetDefendersIndirectCompressionDirect Approach Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.” WarCharacterTurnsThreeMaterialsBalanceRelationQuartersTotal WarManpowerPersonal Character Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“One of the fundamental preconditions of successful socialist construction is to ensure the people's readiness to defend themselves from the ravages of probable regional or global wars on the basis of the balance of forces generating from the basic contradictions of our epoch.” PeopleWarForceSuccessfulBalanceBasesFundamentalsContradictionConstructionSocialistReadinessEpoch Author:Mengistu Haile Mariam
“'Tis Liberty that crowns Britannia's isle, and makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile... 'Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, and hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, and answer her afflicted neighbours' prayer... Soon as her fleets appear their terrors cease.” WarStatesCarePrayerAnswersLibertyWatchesFateRocksKingsBalanceMountainEuropeTerrorCeaseBritainCrownsNeighbourBarrenBleakIslePresumptuousContending Author:Joseph Addison
“Formerly, a nation that broke the peace, did not trouble to try and prove to the world that it was done solely from higher motives. ... Now war has a bad conscience. Now every nation assures us that it is bleeding for a human cause, the fate of which hangs in the balance of its victory ... No nation dares to admit the guilt of blood before the world.” WorldTryingHumansWarDoneNationsCausesFateTroubleBloodBalanceVictoryHigherProveConscienceGuiltDareBrokeWar Of The WorldsMotiveBleeding Author:Ellen Key
“What do I actually mean when I say 'delusion'? I mean the absurdity of the claim that the excessive atomic armament of both sides creates a 'balance of terror' that reduces the danger of war; that in the long run it even offers a minimum of security. ... Hence the cynical saying: He who strikes first will die second.” FirstsMeanLongWarRunningDiesSidesSecurityDangerBalanceOffersClaimsTerrorStrikesDelusionCynicalLong RunsMinimumAbsurdityBoth SidesArmament Author:Christa Wolf
“It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilizationitself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.” PeopleHeartWarFightingBalanceTerribleCivilizationPeacefulFearfulClosestSeeming Author:Woodrow Wilson
“We have heard all of our lives how, after the Civil War was over, the South went back to straighten itself out and make a living again. It was for many years a voiceless part of the government. The balance of power moved away from it--to the north and the east. The problems of the north and the east became the big problem of the country and nobody paid much attention to the economic unbalance the South had left as its only choice.” YearsWarCountryProblemBigsGovernmentChoicesLeftAttentionOur LivesHeardEconomicBalanceEconomicsPaidAdversityMovedSouthEastCivil WarReconciliationBig ProblemsVoicelessBalance Of Power Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“The twentieth century had dispensed with the formal declaration of war and introduced the fifth column, sabotage, cold war, and war by proxy, but that was only the begining. Summit meetings for disarmament pursued mutual understanding and a balance of power but were also held to learn the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy. The world of the war-or-peace alternative became a world in which war was peace and peace war.” WorldWarUnderstandingEnemyCenturyColdBalanceWeaknessMeetingsAlternativesMutualCold WarFormalDeclarationFifthSummitTwentieth CenturyPursuedColumnsDisarmamentPeace WarSabotageStrength And WeaknessProxyBalance Of PowerMutual UnderstandingDeclaration Of War Book:Peace on Earth Source: Peace on Earth
“In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of the balance of power, unrestricted and unregulated armaments, international anarchy, and preparation for war.” WarCountryWishOpinionReturnBalanceElementsInternationalConclusionWelcomePreparationAnarchyArmamentBalance Of Power Author:Arthur Henderson
“The only time in the history of the world that we have had any extended periods of peace is when there has been a balance of power. It is when one nation becomes infinitely more powerful in relation to its potential competitors that the danger of war arises.” WorldHas BeensWarNationsPowerfulDangerBalancePeriodsRelationAriseCompetitorsOnly TimeWorld HistoryBalance Of Power Author:Richard M. Nixon
“I was assigned to a medical unit and was part of a group receiving men returning from theater headed to hospital care, many forever maimed with life-altering wounds. It made a strong impression because wounded men and body bags come back to home districts, not Washington, D.C., and accordingly, there is no more sacred vote than those surrounding war where life hangs in the balance.” MenMadeWarHomeBodyCareStrongForeverGroupsBalanceVoteTheaterSacredMedicalWoundsImpressionBagsHospitalsReceivingWoundedUnitsLife Altering Author:Mark Sanford
“The Lord of the Rings trilogy restored the balance in the Force after the Star Wars prequels ruined everything that was awesome about being a nerd at the movies.” WarForceStarsLordBalanceRingsRuinedNerdTrilogies Author:Wil Wheaton
“When you have the countries like Germany, China, and Russia decline, and be replaced by others, that's when systemic wars start. That's when it gets dangerous, because they haven't yet reached a balance. So Germany united in 1871 and all hell broke loose. Japan rose in the early 20th century, and then you had chaos. So we're looking at a systemic shift. Be ready for war.” WarCountryUnitedHellCenturyDangerousHavensReadyBalanceRoseChaosChinaRussiaBrokeGermanyJapanDeclineReplaced20th Century Author:George Friedman
“Justice [Sandra Day] O'Connor also brought balance to our highest court; most recently, as been repeated many times, when she cautioned about how war doesn't give a blank check.” GivingWarJusticeBalanceHighestCourtChecksBlankSandra Day O ConnorBlank Check Author:Joe Biden
“I think you have to be very careful getting the balance right if you're going to talk about grand themes like war, death and nationhood. You need to use the right language or don't do it at all.” IfsThinkingNeedsWarUseLanguageBalanceCarefulTheme Author:PJ Harvey
“A state department official once told me this about the role of the president. He said: "We wage war for realist reasons, we justify wars for idealist reasons, and it's the president's job to balance the two." I agree.” WarReasonPresidentBalanceAgreeJustifyRealistIdealist Author:Michael Hastings
“I believe that the power to declare war is most important in limiting the powers of the national government in regard to the rights of its citizens, but that it does not require Congress to give its approval before the president uses force abroad. I do not believe that the framers of the Constitution understood the power to declare to mean "authorize" or "commence" war. That does not mean that the separation of powers or checks and balances will not work.” GivingBelieveMeanImportantWarI BelievePresidentBalanceConstitutionSeparationSeparation Of Powers Author:John Yoo
“We should balance the budget. If government programs are important enough, we need to pay for them with taxes or make cuts in lesser programs. We've lost that discipline entirely. It seems prudent to avoid the possibility that the people who own our debt will start to worry the U.S. won't pay. That would raise how much it would cost the U.S. to borrow, which in a national emergency, like a war or pandemic, could be critical.” PeopleImportantWarEnoughWorryCuttingPossibilityBalanceDisciplineTaxesProgram Author:Robert J. Samuelson
“Cartoons were very conservative. The country was very conservative. Although the liberals were allegedly in charge for a long time, there was a very acceptable balance what people would talk about in public. And I wanted to stretch those and move further out. And as the civil rights movement began, I started doing cartoons on that and on sit-ins and I was, along with Bill Mauldin, a great cartoonist out of World War II, arguably one of two white cartoonists doing this kind of work, Bill and me.” PeopleWorldKindLongWarCountryMovingBalanceConservativeCivil RightsWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War ICartoonCivil Rights MovementCartoonist Author:Jules Feiffer
“You’ve got to be kidding me. I thought you were the most powerful of beings. Even the gods fear you. (Stryker) We all have predators. The entire universe exists in a system of checks and balances. I just met my zero balance. (War) Are you honestly telling me that the most powerful creature on this planet is a pathetic Cajun guttersnipe who offed himself because one of my men killed his mommy? (Stryker)” MenWarUniversePowerfulPlanetsBalanceMetsCreaturesHonestlyChecksMost PowerfulZeroPatheticPredatorCajuns Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“He looked resigned, as though he knew that wretched door--to where? Home? Heaven? Peace?--would never open, and at the same time he seemed resolved, ready to do his bit even though he couldn't possibly know what sacrifices that would require. Had he been kept here, too--in a place he didn't belong, serving in a war in which he hadn't enlisted, to rescue sparrows and soldiers and shopgirls and Shakespeare? To tip the balance?” KnowsWarHomeHeavenBitsDoorsSacrificeReadyBalanceSoldierServingRescueWretchedSparrowsResignedEnlisted Book:All Clear Source: All Clear