“We could still have continued the arms race, but the arms race was pointless, and it was another reason we decided to start perestroika. It was senseless to continue to accumulate weapons. We had enough weapons to destroy life on Earth 1,000 times, and therefore it was very clear to us that the arms race could spiral out of control. A conflict could have started, as both the Americans and the Soviets realized, not out of a wrong political decision but because of a failure in the command-and-control systems.” StillsReasonEnoughEarthPoliticalDecisionRaceClearArmsConflictWeaponsDecidedCommandPointlessHad EnoughSpiralsArms RacePolitical DecisionsCommand And Control Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.” WarSeeingAirConflictArmyBlindCommandHostAir PowerContendingMilitary Aviation Book:Anticipations: H. G. Wells Collections Source: Anticipations: H. G. Wells Collections
“He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside, He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us the same words: "Follow thou me!" and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfill for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as an ineffable mystery, they shall learn in their own experience Who He is.” MenTimeSufferingNamesSpeakSimpleWiseMysteryConflictTasksExperienceCommandOur TimeToilFellowshipBeing WiseIneffable Book:The Quest of the Historical Jesus Source: The Quest of the Historical Jesus
“The subconscious part in us is called the subjective mind, because it does not decide and command. It is subject rather than a ruler. Its nature is to do what it is told, or what really in your heart of hearts you desire.” MindHeartDoeDesireSubjectsConflictCommandRulersSubconsciousSubjective Author:William Thomas Walsh