“I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win.” ShouldBelieveWarStatesWinningI BelieveMilitaryNosesDepartmentDiplomacy Author:Stuart Symington
“I want a strong military. But I do not believe, among other things, that without an audit, we should be throwing tens of billions of dollars more into the Department of Defense.” WantShouldBelieveStrongMilitaryDollarsDefenseBillionsDepartmentThrowing Author:Hillary Clinton
“The Air Force comes in every morning and says, 'Bomb, bomb, bomb' ... And then the State Department comes in and says, 'Not now, or not there, or too much, or not at all.'” StatesForceMorningToo MuchAirMilitaryBombsDepartmentAviationEvery MorningAir ForceAir PowerAirpower Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“It is clear that military force and our policy of preemption are alone insufficient to make us safe. But help is on the way. Legislation has been proposed to create a US Department of Peace. In the propsed Department of Peace it would organize our present system into one conscious effort to improve humanity in achieving peace, where true safety lies.” WayHas BeensHelpingLyingHumanityForceEffortClearAchieveMilitaryPolicySafeConsciousSafetyDepartmentOrganizeLegislationInsufficientMilitary ForceAchieving PeacePreemption Author:Walter Cronkite
“The highest levels of the U.S. military, the Defense Department, and the White House must be held accountable for putting our troops at greater risk and diminishing Americas moral authority across the globe.” HouseWhiteLevelsMoralGreaterRiskMilitaryAuthorityHighestDefenseDepartmentWhite HouseTroopsGlobesOur TroopsMoral Authority Author:Lawrence Korb
“Strategy is the most important department of the art of war, and strategical skill is the highest and rarest function of military genius.” ArtImportantWarMilitaryGeniusSkillsHighestFunctionStrategyDepartmentArt Of War Book:Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-general U. S. Army Source: Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-general U. S. Army
“I think we have to be active in teaching our children, and teaching each other. We have to be active about kindness and about peace. I've always fantasized that it would be great if there was a Department of Peace. We have a military, but what if there was a department devoted entirely and truthfully to finding peaceful resolutions?” IfsThinkingChildrenWould BeKindnessTeachingMilitaryFindingsOur ChildrenActivePeacefulDepartmentWhat IfResolutionDevotedFinding PeacePeaceful Resolution Author:Dave Matthews
“Surely the Department of Defense can and needs to do a better job of training new and existing first responders to respond to sexual assaults occurring in the military.” NeedsFirstsJobsMilitaryTrainingDefenseDepartmentAssaultSexual AssaultBetter Jobs Author:Louise Slaughter
“No power but Congress can declare war; but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own authority may make such military movements as must bring on war? ... [T]hese remarks originate purely in a desire to maintain the powers of government as they are established by the Constitution between the different departments, and hope that, whether we have conquests or no conquests, war or no war, peace or no peace, we shall yet preserve, in its integrity and strength, the Constitution of the United States.” IfsMayDifferentWarStatesGovernmentDesireValuesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryMovementIntegrityAuthorityConstitutionCongressPreservesDepartmentConquestRemarksProvisionPeace WarNo WarConstitution Of The United States Author:Daniel Webster
“Let me be clear: I'm a believer in a robust military, which is essential for backing up diplomacy. But the implication is that we need a balanced tool chest of diplomatic and military tools alike. Instead, we have a billionaire military and a pauper diplomacy. The U.S. military now has more people in its marching bands than the State Department has in its foreign service - and that's preposterous.” PeopleNeedsStatesClearMilitaryBandEssentialsToolsLet MeBelieverDepartmentChestsBalancedDiplomacyImplicationsBillionaireDiplomaticRobustMarching BandBacking UpForeign Service Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“When the Defense Department was established after World War II, a law said that any defense secretary with military experience must have been out of the military at least seven years. General [James] Mattis doesn't meet that.” WorldYearsHas BeensSaidWarLawMilitarySevenDefenseWar Of The WorldsDepartmentWorld War IiWorld War ISecretarySeven YearsGeneral James MattisMilitary Experience Author:Steve Inskeep
“There have been times where, let's say on LGBT issues, when we were trying to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and I got the Pentagon and Bob Gates, a Republican holdover from the [George W.] Bush administration, to authorize a study of how you might end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, headed up by Jeh Johnson, who at that time was a council to the Justice Department. And it was going to take a year to conduct that study, issue a report, and figure out how it might be implemented, what effect it would have on unit cohesion and military effectiveness.” TryingYearsHas BeensEndsMightAsksJusticeStudyIssuesEffectsMilitaryFiguresRepublicanAdministrationDepartmentReportsLgbtGatesBobUnitsCouncilEffectivenessJohnsonPentagonCohesion Author:Barack Obama