“It is folly to imagine that the aggressive types, whether individuals or nations, can be bought off ... since the payment of danegeld stimulates a demand for more danegeld. But they can be curbed. Their very belief in force makes them more susceptible to the deterrent effect of a formidable opposing force.” IndividualBeliefForceNationsImagineEffectsMilitaryTypeDemandFollyAggressiveImagine ThatPaymentOpposingFormidableSusceptibleDeterrent Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“To imagine that it is possible to perform great military deeds without fighting is just empty dreams.” DreamFightingImagineMilitaryEmptyDeedsImagine ThatGreat Military Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Imagine a senator running for president whose positions included halving the military budget, socializing the medical system, re-regulating the communications and electrical industries, establishing a guaranteed minimum income for all Americans, and equalizing funding for all schools regardless of property valuations - and who promised to fire Alan Greenspan, counseled withdrawal from the World Trade Organization, and, for good measure, spoke warmly of adolescent sexual experimentation. That was Barry Goldwater, conservative.” WorldRunningSchoolPresidentFireImagineMilitaryPositionCommunicationIndustryOrganizationTradePropertyConservativeMedicalIncomeBudgetsSpokesMinimumSenatorsFundingElectricalExperimentationWithdrawalWorld TradeSocializingValuationMilitary BudgetWorld Trade Organization Author:Rick Perlstein
“Nineteen people flew into the towers. It seems hard for me to imagine that we could go to war enough to make the world safe enough that nineteen people wouldn't want to do harm to us. So it seems like we have to rethink a strategy that is less military-based.” PeopleWorldWantWarHardEnoughSeemsImagineMilitarySafeStrategyHarmImagine ThatTowersFlewNineteen Author:Jon Stewart
“A military audience is kind of weird. Pretty much how you would imagine a troop of males that haven't seen a female in a long time and have been stuck in a base camp in the middle of nowhere for too long without any alcohol.” KindLongHas BeensAudienceImagineMiddleMilitaryHavensLong TimeFemaleMalesAlcoholStuckCampsMiddle Of Nowhere Author:Missy Higgins
“We can't discount how scary and shaken not just the Turkish government is, but Turkish society is. Imagine if you had some rump group of military officials here in the United States who started flying off with F-16s or other artillery and were taking shots at government buildings, and people were killed and injured. People would be scared and rightfully so.” PeopleIfsStatesGovernmentWould BeUnitedUnited StatesImagineGroupsMilitaryBuildingShotsScaredScaryFlyingOfficialsInjuredTurkishDiscountsArtillery Author:Barack Obama