“An army must have but one line of operations. This must be maintained with care and abandoned only for major reasons.” WarReasonCareLinesMajorsArmyOperationsAbandonedOne Line Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Richard Nixon was a very intelligent and able man. And he had the right ideas. But he did not have the adherence to principles that [Ronald] Reagan had. He did some very good things. We owe to Richard Nixon the volunteer army - he got rid of the draft. And that was a major increase in freedom.” MenIdeasAblePrinciplesMajorsIncreaseArmyIntelligentGood ThingsVery GoodVolunteerAdherenceRight Ideas Author:Milton Friedman
“Incorporating in their colorful, slashing, superbly readable pages, the major themes of the "left" opposition under Walpole, these libertarian tracts, emerging first in the form of denunciations of standing armies in the reign of William III, left an indelible imprint on the "country" mind everywhere in the English-speaking world.” WorldMindFirstsCountryFormLeftMajorsPagesStandingArmyLibertarianThemeOppositionReignEmergingColorfulIndelibleIncorporatingEnglish Speaking Book:The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition Source: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
“What a general could do, Thomas did; no more dependable soldier for a moment of crisis existed on the North American continent, or ever did exist... Thomas comes down in history as the Rock of Chickamauga, the great defensive fighter, the man who could never be driven away but who was not much on the offensive. That may be a correct appraisal, Yet it may also be worth making note that just twice in all the war was a major Confederate army driven away from a prepared position in complete rout - at Chattanooga and at Nashville. Each time the blow that routed it was launched by Thomas.” MenMayWarMomentsHistoryRocksPositionHe ManMajorsArmyCrisisNotesPreparedSoldierBlowDrivenFighterCivil WarContinentsOffensiveAmerican Civil WarNashvilleConfederateDependableAppraisal Author:Bruce Catton
“The Halifax area has long played a major role in Canada's military operations, being the port of departure for convoys, naval task forces and army units over the past 100 years or so.” YearsLongPastForceRolesMilitaryMajorsAreasTasksArmyOperationsCanadaUnitsOver The PastPortDepartureNavalMilitary OperationsTask ForcesHalifax Author:Willie Morris
“There's an interesting question, whether the anarchists had alternatives [in Spain]. If they did tend to support the government that had been destroyed, what were the alternatives? There was actually a proposal by Camillo Berneri, an Italian anarchist who was in Spain at the time, which is not a crazy notion in my opinion. He opposed participation in government and was against the formation of an army, meaning a major army to fight [Francisco] Franco.” IfsGovernmentFightingInterestingOpinionSupportCrazyMajorsArmyNotionDestroyedAlternativesItalianParticipationSpainProposalAnarchistFormationFrancoFrancisco Franco Author:Noam Chomsky