“A drastic reduction in weapons competition following a general release from the commitment to the Cold War would be sharply in conflict with the needs of the industrial system.” NeedsWarWould BeColdConflictWeaponsCommitmentCompetitionFollowingReleaseCold WarReductionDrastic Book:the new industrial state Source: the new industrial state
“I have great admiration for athletes. They are just like actors in a lot of ways. They have tremendous pressures and conflicts. They have to compete, and they can't stay home just because they have a head cold.” WayHomeActorsColdConflictPressureAthleteAdmiration Author:Ben Cross
“The blow back from the cold war is that a weakened Russia allowed Afghanistan to become a failed state, and then all this weaponry to flow into all these other conflicts. Our greatest triumph has almost fueled our most intractable battle now.” WarStatesColdBattleConflictFlowBlowRussiaTriumphAfghanistanCold WarWeaponry Author:Jon Stewart
“I grew up in the American South, the segregated South. Now we have a black man who is president. It was an age of apartheid, and now that's over. It was an age of two superpowers frozen in a cold war, and now that's resolved. So history marches on, except for this Arab-Israel conflict, which seems to have a claim on being eternal.” MenWarAgeBlackPresidentColdConflictOver ItMarchCold WarSuperpowerApartheid Author:Lawrence Wright
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.” WorldWayChildrenMadeWarPoliticalHumanityPoliticsPeacePresidentPovertyMilitaryThis WorldArmsColdGeniusConflictGunCrossesScientistFinalsHungerCloudsSpendingWar Of The WorldsIronFedsSweatAntiwarCold WarTheftRocketsVietnam WarGreat WarLaborersHanging OnMake Peace Not WarFree GovernmentArmamentEnding PovertyGovernment SpendingSpending MoneyWorld HungerUs PresidentPeace Not WarJust WarWorld PovertyCost Of WarMilitary SoldierWar On PovertyHunger And PovertyHunger PovertyGlobal PovertyGreatest MilitaryMilitary BudgetPolitics And WarMilitary SpendingCold WorldMilitary LifeWarshipsDefense SpendingPowerful GovernmentMilitary Weapons Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too... But first mark the conditions and the consequences. You will have to put yourself under discipline; to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats; to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or not, in cold and heat; to abstain from cold drinks and wine at your will. Then, in the conflict itself you are likely enough to dislocate your wrist or twist your ankle, to swallow a great deal of dust, to be severely thrashed, and after all of these things, to be defeated.” FirstsEnoughGamesWishHoursDealsConditionsColdDisciplineExerciseDrinkConflictMy FriendsConsequenceMarkWineDustConquerHeatCakeDefeatedTwistsYou Like ItWristsAnklesOlympic GamesGreat Sports Author:Epictetus
“I could have waited years, now that I knew the end of the story. I was cold and wet and very happy. I could even look with charity towards the altar and the figure dangling there. She loves us both, I thought, but if there is to be a conflict between an image and a man, I know who will win. I could put my hand on her thigh or my mouth on her breast; he was imprisoned behind the altar and couldn't move to plead his cause.” IfsKnowsMenYearsLooksEndsStoriesHandsMovingWinningCausesBehindsFiguresColdConflictMouthsCharityBreastsWetVery HappyAltarsThighs Author:Graham Greene