“Would you respect a God you could comprehend? And yet very often thats what we want - a God who reflects our culture, our biases, our economic, political, and military systems.” WantPoliticalCultureEconomicMilitaryRespect Author:Richard Rohr
“This country of ours has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military on Earth, but that's not what makes us strong. Our universities and our culture are the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores. Instead, it is that American spirit - that American promise - that pushes us forward even when the path is uncertain; that binds us together in spite of our differences; that makes us fix our eye not on what is seen, but what is unseen, that better place around the bend.” WorldCountryEyeEarthTogetherSpiritCultureStrongNationsDifferencesWealthPowerfulPathRichMilitaryPromiseUniversityEnvySpiteMost PowerfulShoreUncertainUnseenBetter PlaceAmerican SpiritAround The Bend Author:Barack Obama
“The military is not a social experiment. The purpose of the military is kill people and break things. It's not to transform the culture by trying out some ideas that some people think would make us a different country and more diverse. The purpose is to protect America.” PeopleThinkingTryingIdeasDifferentCountryAmericaPurposeCultureSocialBreakMilitaryProtectExperimentsDiverseDifferent Countries Author:Mike Huckabee
“The military tends to be a traditional place. Traditional culture, traditional men are often attracted to serving in the military.” MenCultureMilitaryTraditionalServingServing In The Military Author:Tanya Biank
“The dichotomies, the brokenness of the culture around things like the Vietnam war, and then a lot of it has to do with war and where we put our energy and money and attention. And the military industrial complex, which dominates our whole economy. Even with the vision of democracy in other places we know the dark side.” KnowsWarWholeCultureEnergySidesDarkAttentionVisionEconomyDemocracyMilitaryComplexesVietnamVietnam WarDark SideBrokennessDichotomyMilitary Industrial Complex Author:Anne Waldman
“Things can change if the military can do a paradigm shift and gets out of the shame and coverup cycle and be a leader in our culture. In the 50s, 60s and 70s there were huge race problems in the military even more severe than the culture at large. The military saw it was detrimental and it changed and became a model to society at large.” IfsProblemCultureCan DoRaceLeaderSawsMilitaryChangedHugeModelsShameCyclesSevereParadigmDetrimentalParadigm Shift Author:Amy Ziering
“We have a conservative government that only thinks in terms of efficiency. They are spending a lot of money on military expenses and less and less on culture. My position is that culture can actually be economically viable. When I make a film, the film costs $3 million. Now, in Quebec, it grossed $3.5 million, which is a small film. It's not a comedy. There are no stars in it. And, it still grosses $3.5 million. That's just in Quebec.” ThinkingStillsGovernmentFilmCultureStarsTermMillionsComedyMilitaryPositionCostConservativeSpendingExpensesLots Of MoneyEfficiencyQuebecSpending A Lot Of Money Author:Philippe Falardeau
“Let's say somebody were [in the White House] and they wanted to destroy this nation. I would create division among the people, encourage a culture of ridicule for basic morality and the principles that made and sustained the country, undermine the financial stability of the nation, and weaken and destroy the military. It appears coincidentally that those are the very things that are happening right now.” PeopleMadeCountryWantedCultureHouseNationsWhitePrinciplesMilitaryMoralityRight NowHappeningsFinancialDivisionWhite HouseStabilityRidiculeFinancial Stability Author:Benjamin Carson
“It is no longer a question of controlling a military-industrial complex, but rather, of keeping the United States from becoming a totally military culture.” StatesCultureUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryBecomingComplexesMilitary Industrial Complex Author:Jerome Wiesner
“America's gun culture demonstrates itself in the Wild West, Dirty Harry mentality of people who actually believe that if a number of people were armed in the theater in Aurora, they would have been able to take down this nutjob in body armor and military style artillery. When in fact almost every policeman in the country would tell you that that would have only increased the tragedy and added to the carnage.” PeopleIfsBelieveHas BeensCountryFactsBodyAbleAmericaCultureNumbersMilitaryStyleGunTragedyTheaterWestDirtyMentalityPolicemenArmorArtilleryCarnageWild WestAuroraGun Culture Author:Bob Costas
“They [US Administration] have exploited hip-hop and some of the culture around it - magazines, videos, etc. - to recruit people into the military. The Army says it will give out Hummers, platinum teeth, or whatever to those that actually join.” PeopleGivingCultureMilitaryArmyHip HopVideoTeethMagazinesAdministrationHipsEtcHopsRecruitPlatinum Author:Chuck D
“I don't have support. Not me ; all Syria. Every agreement is between every class and every sector in Syria ; government, people, trade, military, culture, everything ; it's like the cooperation between your country and any other country in the world. It's the same cooperation. It's not about me ; it's not support for the crisis.” PeopleWorldCountryGovernmentCultureClassSupportMilitaryCrisisTradeAgreementCooperationOther CountriesSyria Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Judaism is one of the last of the world's matrilineal philosophies. Matriarchies are always the cultures that patriarchy attacks and decimates, because they don't spend all their money on the military like patriarchy does. They are easy prey.” WorldDoePhilosophyLastsCultureEasyMilitaryPatriarchyJudaismPreyMatriarchy Author:Roseanne Barr
“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