“Anarchists generally make use if the word "State" to mean all the collection of institutions, political, legislative, judicial, military, financial, etc., by means of which management of their own affairs, the guidance of their personal conduct, and the care of ensuring their own safety are taken from the people and confided to certain individuals, and these, whether by usurpation or delegation, are invested with the right to make laws over and for all, and to constrain the public to respect them, making use of the collective force of the community to this end.” PeopleIfsMeanEndsStatesUseCareLawPoliticalCertainIndividualForceCommunityTakenMilitaryManagementSafetyInstitutionsAffairFinancialGuidanceCollectionsEtcCollectivesAnarchismAnarchistJudicialConstrainDelegationUsurpation Author:Errico Malatesta
“Simply put, we have to be smart about how we use our power. Not because we have less of it indeed, the might of our military, the size of our economy, the influence of our diplomacy, and the creative energy of our people remain unrivaled. No, it's because as the world has changed, so too have the levers of power that can most effectively shape international affairs.” PeopleWorldUseMightEnergyEconomyCreativeInfluenceMilitaryChangedShapesSmartAffairInternationalSizeDiplomacyBeing SmartLeversCreative EnergyInternational Affairs Author:Hillary Clinton
“Our Party's Songun-based revolutionary leadership, Songun-based politics, is a revolutionary mode of leadership and socialist mode of politics that gives top priority to military affairs, and defends the country, the revolution and socialism and dynamically pushes ahead with overall socialist construction by dint of the revolutionary mettle and combat capabilities of the People's Army.” PeopleGivingCountryPartyMilitaryRevolutionArmyAffairPrioritiesSocialismRevolutionaryCombatConstructionCapabilitySocialistTop PrioritiesMettle Author:Kim Jong Il
“I have to say, as a young woman of color, and this may sound controversial, in sci-fi, anything is possible. In sci-fi I can belong to the military. In sci-fi I can have an interracial love affair; I can be a revolutionary.” MayI CanYoungSoundMilitaryColorAffairRevolutionarySci FiYoung WomenControversialLove AffairAnything Is Possible Author:Kandyse McClure
“Nowhere have women been more excluded from decision-making than in the military and foreign affairs. When it comes to the military and questions of nuclear disarmament, the gender gap becomes the gender gulf.” WarDecisionMilitaryAffairGenderNuclearDecision MakingGapsSexismDisarmamentExcludedNuclear DisarmamentForeign AffairsGender Gap Author:Eleanor Smeal
“Examples teach us that in military affairs, and all others of a like nature, study is apt to enervate and relax the courage of man, rather than to give strength and energy to the mind.” MenGivingMindEnergyTeachStudyMilitaryExampleAffairRelax Author:Michel de Montaigne
“I understand the needs of both the military and the veteran, and that has helped me tremendously as a congressman. I am proud to serve on the House Committee on Veterans Affairs.” NeedsHouseMilitaryProudAffairCommitteesVeteranCongressman Author:Phil Roe
“The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs.” MenMatterMovingAnimalMilitaryWeightImportanceAffairProportionVelocity Book:On The Economy Of Machinery And Manufactures Source: On The Economy Of Machinery And Manufactures
“There is no difference in a country between military, economic, and political affairs. It's useful for Business Insider to divide things that way. That's useful for a college program. But a country is a country. How do you understand China's economy without China's army? If you take these all into account you're ready to explain a question like, "How come the US doesn't have a debt problem?"” IfsWayCountryProblemPoliticalDifferencesEconomyEconomicMilitaryCollegeReadyProgramAccountsArmyAffairChinaDebtDividesInsiders Author:George Friedman
“So [Donald ] Trump gave a speech on national security and military affairs to a military-themed audience in Philadelphia, and there was no vulgarity in it. There was no bombast. There wasn't any of the usual Trump braggadocio. It was a teleprompter speech, but it was serious, studious, and it represented a solid understanding of issues and of the status quo.” UnderstandingAudienceIssuesSecurityMilitarySeriousTrumpSpeechAffairUsualNational SecurityStatus QuoPhiladelphiaVulgarityStudious Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Hillary Clinton is going to find common ground with the Republicans on foreign and military affairs. They both want to enhance the military budget.” WantCommonMilitaryRepublicanClintonAffairBudgetsCommon GroundMilitary Budget Author:Ralph Nader
“In Turkey also, for a long time, the military was the decisive force but in the past 10 years they have backed off somewhat and the civilian government has gained more independence and autonomy even to shake up the military command. In fact, it even arrested several high-ranking officers [for interfering in governmental affairs]. Maybe Pakistan can move in a similar direction.” YearsLongFactsGovernmentPastMovingForceMilitaryLong TimeIndependenceAffairCommandShakesOfficersInterferePakistanAutonomyTurkeysCiviliansArrestedRankingMilitary Command Author:Noam Chomsky
“One of the great things about the United States is that when it comes to world affairs, the president obviously is the leader of the Executive Branch, the Commander-in-Chief, the spokesperson for the nation, but the influence and the work that we have is the result not just of the president, it is the result of countless interactions and arrangements and relationships between our military and other militaries, and our diplomats and other diplomats, the intelligence officers and development workers.” WorldStatesNationsPresidentUnitedResultsLeaderUnited StatesInfluenceMilitaryDevelopmentWorkersAffairGreat ThingsChiefsBranchesExecutivesOfficersInteractionArrangementsCommandersDiplomatsCommander In ChiefExecutive BranchWorld AffairsIntelligence Officers Author:Barack Obama
“For the US, the Kosovo War was a success because it encouraged the development of the Pentagon's 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA). The war provided a test site for experimentation, and paved the way for emergence of what I call in Strategie de la deception 'the second deterrence'.” WayWarMilitaryRevolutionDevelopmentTestsAffairDeceptionSiteExperimentationEmergencePentagonKosovoDeterrence Author:Paul Virilio
“Americans shouldn't start a military attack, and they shouldn't bombard Iran, and they shouldn't interfere with the internal affairs of the country. And the Americans should pay more attention to the human right issues in Iran.” CountryAttentionMilitaryAffairInterfere Author:Shirin Ebadi