“We cannot continue to have an excellence gap with the rest of the world and intend to remain the [economic superpower] and [military superpower] of the planet. That's just not going to happen. We're in a position where unless we take action, we'll end up being the [France] of the 21st century: a lot of talk, but not a lot of strength behind it in terms of economic capability.” WorldEndsHappensActionTermBehindsEconomicCenturyMilitaryPositionPlanetsExcellenceFranceGapsCapability21st CenturySuperpower Author:Mitt Romney
“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
“Armenia categorically rejects the resumption of military hostilities in Nagorno Karabakh as an option. In case Azerbaijan resorts to military aggression, Armenia will have no other choice but to recognize the Nagorno Karabakh Republic de jure and to employ all its capabilities to ensure the security of the people of Artsakh.” PeopleChoicesCasesSecurityMilitaryRejectsRepublicCapabilityAggressionResortsHostilityArmeniaAzerbaijanResumption Author:Serzh Sargsyan
“These missiles [Cruise and Pershing II] represent a new generation of missiles whose deployment will help give NATO first-strike capability. With this first-strike strategy, the West believes it could attack Russian military installations with such effectiveness that serious retaliation would be impossible.” GivingFirstsBelieveWarHelpingWould BePeaceImpossibleGenerationsMilitarySeriousStrategyWestStrikesCapabilityEffectivenessMissilesNew GenerationNatoCruiseDeploymentRetaliationInstallationRussian Military Author:Petra Kelly
“Every time we have come to the end of a conflict, somehow we have persuaded ourselves that the nature of mankind and the nature of the world have changed on an enduring basis and so we have dismantle our military and intelligence capabilities. My hope is that as we wind down in Iraq and whatever the level of our commitment in Afghanistan, that we not forget the basic nature of humankind has not changed.” WorldEndsForgetLevelsMankindMilitaryChangedWindConflictCommitmentBasesEndureIraqAfghanistanCapabilityHumankindNature Of Man Author:Robert M. Gates
“Before I became President, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, there had been fairly dramatic, and I think excessive, reductions in the capability of our military forces, and as a former military man myself - I was a professional naval officer, a submarine officer - I thought it was better, on a step-by-step, very carefully planned way, to increase the technical, or technological, capability of our weapons systems.” ThinkingMenWayWarForcePresidentStepsMilitaryWeaponsIncreaseFormerDramaticOfficersVietnamCapabilityTechnologicalVietnam WarReductionAftermathNavalMilitary ForceSubmarinesMilitary Man Author:Jimmy Carter
“When people have a sense of our military capability, nobody will ever dare to cast an evil eye on our nation.” PeopleEyeMotivationEvilNationsMilitaryIndiaCastsDareCapabilityEvil Eye Author:Narendra Modi
“I do believe that the very tense relationship between the United States and Iran presents a challenge to the United States. But to discuss Iran as that type of a threat I find somewhat unconvincing, mindful of the fact that Iran actually doesn't have those military capabilities that would be needed to refer to it as that type of threat.” BelieveStatesFactsWould BeChallengesUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryTypeNeededThreatIranCapabilityTense Author:Trita Parsi
“In the military we are always looking for ways to leverage up our forces. Having greater communications and command and control over your forces than your enemy has over his is a force multiplier. Having greater logistics capability than the enemy is a force multiplier. Having better-trained commanders is a force multiplier. Perpetual optimism, believing in yourself, believing in your purpose, believing you will prevail, and demonstrating passion and confidence is a force multiplier. If you believe and have prepared your followers, the followers will believe.” IfsWayBelievePurposePassionForceEnemyGreaterMilitaryCommunicationOptimismPreparedCommandBelieve In YourselfOver YouFollowersCapabilityPerpetualIf You BelieveCommandersDemonstratingLogisticsCommand And Control Author:Colin Powell
“We've evolved a lot since 9/11 also, in terms of our law enforcement capabilities, our intelligence capabilities, military, counterterrorism.” LawTermMilitaryCapabilityLaw EnforcementEnforcement Author:Barack Obama
“The biggest budget is the military budget. For what? We're fighting two wars in very small countries that have no nuclear weapons, that have no capabilities to destroy anything. They probably couldn't even get to America.” TwoWarCountryAmericaFightingMilitaryWeaponsNuclearBudgetsCapabilityNuclear WeaponsSmall CountriesMilitary Budget Author:Lupe Fiasco
“Military power tends to be a function of economic power, and the British Navy was the essential capability for establishing the imperial sway - which was attuned to furnish the raw materials for the British manufacturing ascendance. So they were mutually reinforcing.” EconomicMilitaryMaterialsEssentialsFunctionBritishCapabilityNavyManufacturingRaw MaterialsEconomic PowerMilitary PowerBritish Navy Author:Charles R. Morris
“Israel has military capabilities including nuclear weapons, far surpassing any other power in the Middle East, but it's a small country. The rest of the Middle Eastern peoples are Muslim and Israelis are not, so it is hardly in any position to become the leading power.” CountryMiddleMilitaryPositionWeaponsIncludingIsraelEastNuclearCapabilityMiddle EastNuclear WeaponsEasternSurpassingSmall Countries Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“Europe is slow to react, it is lagging behind in competitiveness, there are problems with demography, population, serious problems with security, internal security and military capabilities.” ProblemBehindsSecurityMilitarySeriousEuropePopulationInternalsCapabilityCompetitivenessDemography Author:Viktor Orban
“When it comes to our military, what we have to think about is not, you know just budgets, we've got to think about capabilities.” ThinkingKnowsMilitaryBudgetsCapability Author:Barack Obama
“My evaluation of President George W. Bush is nothing personal. He's a lovely person. Sadly, I believe he will be remembered for taking us into war unnecessarily at the cost of thousands of American lives, injuries to tens of thousands of our troops, and trillions of dollars to our economy - enormous costs to our reputation, and undermining the capability of our military to protect us. That, I think, will be the overwhelming issue for which his presidency will be remembered: extensive damage to our country.” ThinkingBelievePersonsWarCountryI BelievePresidentEconomyIssuesMilitaryCostProtectDollarsLovelyEnormousReputationOur CountryRememberedDamageInjuryOverwhelmingCapabilityTroopsPresidencyAmerican LifeEvaluationOur TroopsUnderminingPresident George W BushLovely Person Author:Nancy Pelosi
“It would seem to be the case that pressure on Iran to acquire nuclear weapons is almost totally driven by their need for a deterrent capability to avoid the fate of Iraq, Libya. The use of American military force in Syria thus sends exactly the opposite message as supposedly desired to the leadership in Tehran - and to others. North Korea has been dealt with diplomatically because it has the bomb and might use it if provoked.” IfsNeedsHas BeensUseSeemsMightForceCasesFateMilitaryMessagesWeaponsOppositesPressureIraqDrivenNuclearBombsAcquireIranCapabilityNuclear WeaponsSyriaKoreaNorth KoreaLibyaProvokedMilitary ForceDeterrentTehranAmerican MilitaryMight Use Author:Richard A. Falk
“We live in a state-centric world faced with global-scale problems that cannot be met by the actions of single states, no matter how powerful, if assessed from the perspective of military capabilities.” IfsWorldMatterStatesProblemActionPowerfulMilitaryPerspectiveMetsScalesCapability Author:Richard A. Falk
“Optimism is in short supply in the Middle East, but what I do think is the administration needs to step up its act. We should use military strikes against ISIS when they threaten the Shia areas or Baghdad. We need to accelerate very rapidly, and we have ways to do it, aid to the Syrians, and we need to be more active, with results, not simply inputs. That is absolutely important right now, because people are questioning our will, not our capabilities.” PeopleThinkingImportantMilitaryOptimismAidsCapabilityQuestioningStep Up Author:James Franklin Jeffrey
“I think war and armed conflict is always the last of all the options you have on the table. I think you try to avoid that at all costs. Sometimes it's unavoidable. That's the lesson of World War II. I think the other lesson of the last 50 or 60 years, however, is that, the stronger the U.S. military, the stronger our defense capabilities, the stronger the chances for peace are.” ThinkingWorldTryingWarSometimesChanceMilitaryConflictStrongerWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiCapabilityWorld War I Author:Marco Rubio
“There is reason to say that negotiations with the North Koreans are not easy, they may not succeed, but they may be a way of getting to where we want to get to, limiting the capability of the North Koreans to do harm to us and our allies without the use of military force and without the risk of a major war in Northeast Asia.” WarReasonEasyRiskMilitarySucceedCapabilityNegotiationNorth KoreaKoreanNorth Korean Author:Robert Gallucci
“Because we didn't cooperate with China, we gave them motivation to develop their own capability. You know, they developed a very capable rocket system, very capable spacecraft. And if we don't cooperate with them in the future, they're going to develop more capable systems. If we're working together on a highly visible project, there is going to be much less, or there is going to be motivation for each country to not get into a conflict or any kind of tension in the military sense.” KindCountryTogetherMotivationMilitaryConflictCapableTensionWorking TogetherCapability Author:Leroy Chiao
“The Iranians know that if they develop nuclear weapons, they will be in tremendous jeopardy from military capabilities of their neighbors and of the United States. I am not predicting what will happen in 2013, but I do think it is a crucial year. I hope we can make it clear to the Iranians that we do not object to them having peaceful use of nuclear power. But when they enrich Uranium to a 20 percent level, people think they are going for the bomb. Their uranium enrichment program is a real danger.” PeopleThinkingRealMilitaryDangerProgramNeighborPeacefulCapabilityNuclear WeaponsNuclear PowerEnrichmentUranium Author:Sam Nunn