“it so often happens that, when men are convinced that they have to die, a desire to bear themselves well and to leave life's stage with dignity conquers all other sensations.” MenWellsHappensDesireDiesStageMilitaryBearsDignityConvincedConquerSensations Book:Savrola: a tale of the revolution in Laurania Source: Savrola: a tale of the revolution in Laurania
“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
“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
“Let him who desires peace prepare for war.” WarDesirePeaceMilitaryTotal WarArms RaceMilitary PowerPreparing For WarWars And BattlesRoman Soldiers Author:Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
“As a military man who has given half a century of active service I say in all sincerity that the nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils because of the illusions they have generated. There are powerful voices around the world who still give credence to the old Roman precept - if you desire peace, prepare for war. This is absolute nuclear nonsense.” IfsMenWorldGivingStillsWarDesirePurposeGivenVoicePowerfulRaceExistenceHalfCenturyMilitaryArmsWeaponsIllusionAbsolutesAddActiveNuclearAround The WorldNonsenseSincerityNuclear WeaponsPerilArms RaceHalf A CenturyCredenceMilitary ManNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms Race Author:Lord Mountbatten
“I believe military force can be used to redress or change the balance of power in the world, but I think that that's always a losing operation if you're not trying to do it in a way which corresponds to the basic desires of the people on whom you are acting.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayTryingBelieveUsedDesireForceI BelieveActingMilitaryBalanceLosingOperationsMilitary ForceRedressBalance Of Power Author:Pierre Trudeau
“Speaking as a New Yorker, I found it a shocking and terrifying event [9/11], particularly the scale of it. At bottom, it was an implacable desire to do harm to innocent people. It was aimed at symbols: the World Trade Center, the heart of American capitalism, and the Pentagon, the headquarters of the American military establishment.” PeopleWorldHeartDesireFoundMilitaryEventsCapitalismTradeBottomHarmScalesInnocentSymbolsEstablishmentShockingNew YorkersPentagonWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterHeadquartersAmerican MilitaryAmerican Capitalism Author:Edward Said
“It's perfectly natural to desire more troops when engaged in a military operation facing serious obstacles, and the more troops you have, probably, the [lower the] risk of causalities.” DesireNaturalRiskMilitarySeriousObstaclesOperationsEngagedTroopsCausalityMilitary OperationsPerfectly Natural Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“I do believe that the Kurds are in a difficult situation. They do have some American support. How consistent that will be is unclear. But they have built up a strong military, and they have begun to build the institutions of an autonomous life in Northern Syria. Turkey's enmity towards the Kurds and their desire to make sure there is no independent Kurdish state or even really autonomous enclave is going to push the Kurds into Bashar Assad's hands over time.” BelieveDesireStrongDifficultSituationSupportMilitaryIndependentConsistentSyria Author:Joshua Landis
“We've never had to confront a really nationalistic American government since the War of 1812. But if it ever happened, it would be trouble for us. Such a government would be prepared to use trade as a club in dealing with us - one of many, if it decided to take American power out for a walk around the block. I don't mean military occupation or anything like that, but a desire for unquestioning adherence to whatever the nostrum of the day happened to be. That's rather scary. We've never had to deal with an American president who was completely a wing-nut.” MeanWarDesirePresidentTroubleMilitaryTradeScaryBlockBe PreparedAmerican GovernmentAmerican President Author:Robert Bothwell
“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.” InspirationalDesireEasyFreedomWalksInspiringPovertySuccessfulMilitaryShadowUpliftingLiberationValleysSuccessful PeopleAgain And AgainEncouragingMemorial DayWords Of EncouragementAbsolute FreedomLong Walk To FreedomBreaking FreeShadow Of DeathEducation And FreedomInspirational FreedomUltimate FreedomValley Of Death Author:Nelson Mandela