“If they succeed in creating an inclusive structure in virtually any peaceful form, Iraq succeeds. If they fail, the U.S.-led coalition fails almost regardless of its military success and that of the new Iraqi forces, and Iraq will move towards division, paralysis, civil conflict and/or a new strongman.” IfsMovingFormForceFailingMilitaryCivilizationSucceedConflictCreatingStructureIraqPeacefulDivisionCoalitionsParalysis Author:Anthony H. Cordesman
“A man does not have himself killed for a half-pence a day or for a petty distinction. You must speak to the soul in order to electrify him” MenDoeSoulOrderSpeakHalfMilitaryCivilizationDistinctionPetty Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and is found only to exist in those communities that are but slightly removed from the savage state. In practice, it can only mean a common misery. Equality of rights is a peculiar feature of democracies. These rights are properly divided into civil and political, though even these definitions are not to be taken as absolute, or as literally exact.” MenMayLawIndividualSocialCommunityClassRightsConditionsMilitaryDutyCivilizationEqualPrivilegeAbsenceCivil RightsDefinedDependentBelongingDividedEstatesTaxationJuryLiableImmunityImpositionMilitary ServiceExemptionJury Duty Author:James F. Cooper
“Our Republic is not a pastoral, not a military, not an agricultural, not a nomadic, not a clerical, but a business civilization. Nor is there anything random, casual or accidental about the United States as a business society. It is thoroughly well integrated - organized from top to bottom for the maximum efficiency of commerce and industry, for the maximum efficiency of making money.” WellsStatesUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryIndustryCivilizationBottomMaking MoneyOrganizedRepublicCommerceEfficiencyMaximumCasualIntegratedNomadic Book:The Folks at Home Source: The Folks at Home
“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” WorldDeathHistoryMilitaryCivilizationConflictScientistNuclearNuclear WeaponsExplosionsDestroyersAtomic BombGitaTwo WorldsWw2Nuclear BombAtom BombBooks And MoviesNuclear ArmsGodzillaHiroshima And NagasakiWorlds ApartVishnuAtomic WeaponsDropping BombsManhattan Project Author:J. Robert Oppenheimer
“The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals - its philosophers, its poets and its artists.” ArtistCultureLiteratureIndividualTermWealthQualityMilitaryPoetMaterialsCivilizationAchievementPhilosopherProsperityRepresentativesMilitary PowerMaterial Wealth Book:Selected writings: poetry and criticism Source: Selected writings: poetry and criticism