“Deep in the winter plain, two armies Dig their machinery, to destroy each other. Men freeze and hunger. No one is given leave On either side, except the dead, and wounded.” MenTwoGivenSidesArmyWinterHungerWoundedMachineryFreeze Book:Selected Poems of Stephen Spender Source: Selected Poems of Stephen Spender
“The right response when, in the army, you are given an unlawful order, is to refuse that order. The right response of a chief executive in this state and in this nation, when faced with an order by a court that he conscientiously believes violates the constitution he is sworn to respect, is to refuse their order!” BelieveStatesOrderGivenNationsConstitutionArmyCourtResponseRefuseChiefsExecutivesUnlawfulChief Executives Author:Alan Keyes
“It is perfectly clear that people, given no alternative, will choose tyranny over anarchy, because anarchy is the worst tyranny of all... The special nature of liberties is that they can be defended only as long as we still have them. So the very first signs of their erosion must be resisted, whether the issue be domestic surveillance by the Army, so-called preventive detention, or the freedom of corporate television, or that of a campus newspaper.” PeopleFirstsLongStillsPoliticsGivenLibertyEconomyIssuesClearWorstSpecialTelevisionArmyNewspapersTyrannyAlternativesCorporateLiberalismAnarchySurveillanceCampusErosionDetention Author:Eric Sevareid
“The American army between world wars after World War I had virtually disintegrated. It was a very small force, given largely to practicing cavalry charges on western outposts.” WorldWarGivenForceArmyWesternWar Of The WorldsWorld War ICavalryAmerican Army Author:Rick Atkinson