“I want a military funeral when I diethe bugler, the flag on the casket, the ceremonial firing squad, the hallowed ground.... It will be a way of achieving what I've always wanted more than anythingsomething I could have had, if only I'd managed to get myself killed in the war.... The unqualified approval of my community.” IfsWayWantWarWantedDiesCommunityAchieveMilitaryFuneralFlagsApprovalFiringSquadUnqualifiedCasketsHallowed Ground Book:Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut Source: Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
“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
“Great military leaders have to sacrifice soldiers; great captains of industry have to sacrifice people. You can't only look after the poor, and the weak, and the disabled. You've got to do what's best for the community, and that often means sacrificing innocent people.” PeopleLooksMeanCommunityPoorLeaderSacrificeMilitaryIndustryWeakSoldierInnocentCaptainsDisabledGreat MilitaryMilitary LeaderCaptains Of Industry Author:David Nasaw
“I don't think America should be the policeman of the world, but we have to be engaged and we have to be a leader, and that comes from strong economic growth, a strong military, good diplomatic efforts, and integrating our business community. I just think it's a whole new paradigm.” ThinkingWorldShouldWholeAmericaStrongGrowthCommunityEffortLeaderEconomicMilitaryEngagedEconomic GrowthPolicemenParadigmIntegratingDiplomatic Author:John Kasich
“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
“Thinklogical's systems play a key role in the delivery and visualization of mission critical data used every day by military and intelligence communities worldwide.” PlayUsedCommunityRolesMilitaryKeysMissionsCriticalDataDeliveryVisualizationIntelligence Community Author:James G. Stavridis
“When we liberate the economic potential of women, we elevate the economic performance of communities, nations, and the world... There is a stimulative and ripple effect that kicks in when women have greater access to jobs and the economic lives of our countries: Greater political stability. Fewer military conflicts. More food. More educational opportunity for children... By harnessing the economic potential of all women, we boost opportunity for all people.” PeopleWorldChildrenCountryJobsPoliticalOpportunityNationsWomenCommunityGreaterEconomicEffectsMilitaryConflictEconomicsPerformancesEducationalAccessOur CountryKicksStabilityFewerWomens RightsMen WomenRippleBoostRipple Effect Author:Hillary Clinton
“My overall worldview has never changed: that America has and must maintain the strongest military in the world, that we must lead the international community to confront threats and challenges together, and that we must use all tools of American power to protect our citizens and our interests.” WorldUseTogetherAmericaInterestCommunityChallengesMilitaryChangedCitizensProtectToolsThreatInternationalStrongestWorldviewInternational CommunityAmerican Power Author:Chuck Hagel
“First, the constitution ought to secure a genuine and guard against a select militia, by providing that the militia shall always be kept well organized, armed, and disciplined, and include, according to the past and general usuage of the states, all men capable of bearing arms; and that all regulations tending to render this general militia useless and defenceless, by establishing select corps of militia, or distinct bodies of military men, not having permanent interests and attachments in the community to be avoided.” MenFirstsWellsStatesBodyPastInterestCommunityMilitaryArmsOughtCapableConstitutionGenuineSecureUselessPermanentOrganizedAttachmentRegulationProvidingAvoidedSelectUsageMilitiaBearing ArmsDefenselessMilitary Man Author:Patrick Henry
“At a time when we must seek to rebuild trust between law enforcement and the local community, I am deeply concerned that the deployment of military equipment and vehicles sends a conflicting message.” LawCommunityMilitaryMessagesConcernedLocalsVehicleEquipmentLaw EnforcementEnforcementDeploymentLocal CommunityMilitary Equipment Author:Eric Holder
“The military is the largest polluter in the country, and so you have a lot of military waste contaminating reservations - as, for example, on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation, where 5,000 sheep died in some kind of experimental military nerve gas test 10 years ago. Many of our communities are dealing with that kind of waste, and an absence of political will to clean them up.” YearsKindCountryPoliticalCommunityMilitaryExampleWasteYears AgoTestsDiedCleanEnvironmentalAbsenceGasNervesValleysSheepPollutionSkullsOur CommunityReservationsPolitical Will Author:Winona LaDuke
“For the past several years, I have remained what others would consider underground. I did this in order to build a community of people, like-minded in their desire for freedom and the right to pursue their goals and lives without being manipulated and controlled by a media protected military industrial complex with a completely different agenda.” PeopleYearsDifferentPastDesireOrderGoalCommunityMediaMilitaryComplexesPursueAgendasControlledProtectedSetting GoalsMilitary Industrial ComplexGoals And Life Author:Lauryn Hill
“What you don't see on television is people dying today because they can't get to a doctor and they can't afford prescription drugs. That's why they are also dying. They are dying in Iraq because they are poor and they have gone into the military because they can't afford to go to college. They're dying because they're living in communities where asthma rates are extremely high because the air is filthy. The suffering of the poor and working class people is a virtual nonissue for the media. But that is the reality.” PeopleRealityTodaySufferingCommunityPoorClassGoneAirDyingMediaMilitaryTelevisionCollegeDrugDoctorsRateIraqWorking ClassPrescriptionsFilthyPrescription DrugsAsthmaPeople Dying Author:Bernie Sanders
“The pupil's imagination is 'schooled' to accept service in place of value. Medical treatment is mistaken for health care, social work for the improvement of community life, police protection for safety, military poise for national security, the rat race for productive work.” CareValuesSocialCommunityImaginationRaceAcceptingSecurityMilitaryPoliceSafetyProtectionMedicalImprovementHealth CareProductiveTreatmentMistakenRatsNational SecuritySocial WorkPupilsSchooledPoiseRat RaceMedical TreatmentProductive WorkPolice Protection Book:The Dawn of Epimethean Man, and Other Essays Source: The Dawn of Epimethean Man, and Other Essays
“People think of the military as being about guns and fighting wars, but it's really about service to country and community.” PeopleThinkingWarCountryFightingCommunityMilitaryGun Author:Austin Stowell
“Iraqi Kurds, out of desperate necessity, have forged one of the most watchful and vigilant anti-terrorist communities in the world. Terrorists from elsewhere just can't operate in that kind of environment. Al Qaeda members who do manage to infiltrate are hunted down like rats. This conservative Muslim society did a better job protecting me from Islamist killers than the U.S. military could do in the Green Zone in Baghdad.” WorldKindJobsCommunityEnvironmentMilitaryMembersGreenConservativeTerroristManageDesperateZoneAlsKillersElsewhereRatsAl QaedaVigilantBetter JobsBaghdadForgedHuntedIslamistsKurdsGreen Zone Author:Michael Totten
“I would like to think that we are on a move that could be like [Ronald] Reagan. Reagan appealed to the average working American: their patriotism, their love of country, the belief in their schools and their communities and their loyalty to the military and police, and the things that create stability and a good life.” ThinkingCountrySchoolMovingBeliefCommunityMilitaryPoliceAverageLoyaltyGood LifeStability Author:Jeff Sessions
“Our health as a society, our robustness as a community, as a nation, as a people, is not only dependent upon fiscal stability, military might, political strength - it's also dependent on a healthy planet.” PeopleMightPoliticalNationsCommunityMilitaryPlanetsHealthyDependentStability Author:Jeff Corwin
“It is well known that Russia has many interesting and promising developments in the military-technical sphere. We are ready to deliver the needed equipment and ready for joint cooperation in arms production with Brazilian specialists. This is an area that is very closely linked to high technology in general. In this respect, we hope to develop closer cooperation between the scientific communities in our two countries.” WellsTwoCountryCommunityInterestingKnownTechnologyMilitaryReadyArmsDevelopmentNeededAreasProductionsRussiaCooperationSpheresEquipmentWell KnownLinkedJointsSpecialistsTwo CountriesHigh Technology Author:Vladimir Putin
“I am so proud to be running with another strong history-making woman, Hillary Clinton, to be president of the United States. I'm proud because her vision of stronger together, building an economy that works for all, not just those at the top, being safe in the world, not only with a strong military, but also strong alliances to battle terrorism and climate change, and also to build a community of respect, just like Barbara Johns tried to do 65 years ago. That's why I'm so proud to be her running mate.” WorldYearsStatesRunningTogetherStrongPresidentCommunityUnitedVisionUnited StatesEconomyMilitaryBuildingProudBattleSafeYears AgoStrongerClintonClimateClimate ChangeTerrorismMatesAlliancesBarbaraStronger TogetherHistory Making Author:Tim Kaine
“My parents, the effect that [Frank Sinatra] had on the Italian community, in terms of all our friends at the house were multicultural. We weren't just Italians. My dad's close friend was a black gentleman - this was back in the early 50s when Tony Bennett was reprimanded for having lunch, when he was in the military, with a black man.” MenHouseParentBlackTermCommunityEffectsMilitaryDadMy DadGentlemanItalianLunchFrankClose FriendsMulticultural Author:Robert Davi
“I think I'm probably more typical of the average American who doesn't have a connection to a military community.” ThinkingCommunityMilitaryConnectionsAverageTypical Author:Michelle Obama
“It's been so important that the Chamber of Commerce, for example, has hosted hiring fairs that are specifically targeted to military communities.” ImportantCommunityMilitaryExampleFairsCommerceChamberHiringChamber Of Commerce Author:Michelle Obama
“We have a very large military community - veterans and others - who basically do believe in the militarism.” BelieveCommunityMilitaryVeteranMilitarism Author:Julianne Malveaux
“Most of the world is fooling about, especially the people who think they control the world and the community. The presidents, the politicians, the military, etc., are all jerking about, acting as if they are Lord over their own domains. That's basically Problem One on the planet.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldProblemPresidentCommunityActingLordMilitaryPlanetsPoliticianEtcDomainActing As If Author:George Harrison
“Spiritual models for me are the communities of Tibetans living in exile in India, or the banjars of Bali, which exist in times of difficulty, oppression. Alternative spaces-perhaps this kind of communication can take place over the Net? Probably only up to a point as the Net's controlled by the military. But the idea is to live outside multi-national, monocultural, commodification prison, outside the grey areas of power-mad, monied collusion.” KindIdeasSpiritualCommunitySpaceMilitaryCommunicationModelsAreasIndiaDifficultyMadPrisonOppressionAlternativesControlledGreyExileTibetanBaliCommodificationCollusionGrey Areas Author:Anne Waldman
“The EU is a community of values, not military buildups.” ValuesCommunityMilitary Author:Martin Schulz
“There are people all around us whose lives are masterpieces of service. One thinks of parents working two or three jobs to serve their families and community. So, too, many in the military or in nursing or teaching. As the needs are endless, so are the possibilities of service. Now, more than ever, empowered by the Internet, more of us can serve in more ways than ever before in history.” PeopleThinkingParentCommunityTeachingMilitaryPossibilityInternetMasterpieceEmpoweredNursing Author:James M Strock