“I might have arguments with the size of Reagan's military buildup, but given the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, staying ahead of the Soviets militarily seemed a sensible thing to do. Pride in our country, respect for our armed services, a healthy appreciation for the dangers beyond our borders, an insistence that there was no easy equivalence between East and West--in all this I had no quarrel with Reagan. And when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, I had to give the old man his due, even if I never gave him my vote.” IfsMenGivingCountryMightGivenEasyMilitaryDangerWallPrideHealthyArgumentVoteWestSizeAppreciationDuesEastOur CountryBordersThings To DoStayingOld ManAfghanistanSovietSensibleQuarrelsInvasionBerlinInsistenceEast And WestBerlin WallTumblingArmed ServicesTumbling Down Book:The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Source: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
“When our mothers are alive and healthy, they do extraordinary things... like the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who marched in Argentinean plazas, defying the military junta dictatorship and demanding the whereabouts of their abducted children... or the Liberian mothers who faced down civil war armed only with T-shirts and courage.” ChildrenWarMotherAliveMilitaryHealthyExtraordinaryShirtsCivil WarDictatorshipT ShirtExtraordinary ThingsDefyingWhereabouts Author:Liya Kebede
“I don't want any romantics to go into the military. I'm not a pacifist. I think we need a military, and the better one we have, the better off we are. I don't want kids going in there thinking that it's John Wayne on Iwo Jima. That's not healthy.” ThinkingWantNeedsKidsMilitaryHealthyBetter OffWaynePacifistIwo Jima Author:Karl Marlantes
“Mubarak was the glue that held this very leaderless and organic and very pluralistic mix of people together. Now that he's gone, there's a lot more debate and division about what happens next, which is healthy. We're essentially still under military dictatorship right now. The military rules the country. It can issue laws by decree.” PeopleStillsCountryHappensTogetherLawNextGoneIssuesMilitaryHealthyRight NowDebateDivisionDictatorshipGlueDecreeMubarak Author:Sharif Abdel Kouddous
“Our health as a society, our robustness as a community, as a nation, as a people, is not only dependent upon fiscal stability, military might, political strength - it's also dependent on a healthy planet.” PeopleMightPoliticalNationsCommunityMilitaryPlanetsHealthyDependentStability Author:Jeff Corwin
“I don't want to go back into space for military reasons, but the economic driver still remains. And so it's a matter of people understanding how that economic driver is revealed with healthy investments on the space frontier.” PeopleWantStillsMatterReasonUnderstandingSpaceEconomicMilitaryHealthyRemainsInvestmentDriversFrontiers Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Hosni Mubarak was the glue that held very leaderless and organic and very pluralistic mix of people together. Now that he's gone, there's a lot more debate and division about what happens next, which is healthy. We're essentially still under military dictatorship right now. The military rules the country. It can issue laws by decree.” PeopleCountryTogetherMilitaryHealthyDebateDictatorship Author:Sharif Abdel Kouddous