“We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy.” NeedsSaidMilitaryPolicyElitesForeign Policy Author:Ron Paul
“We know next to nothing about the relationship between Chavez and Raul Castro. One thing, though, is certain. The Cuban military and political elite do not regard Chavez as a logical successor to Fidel Castro in Latin America.” KnowsAmericaPoliticalCertainNextOne ThingMilitaryRegardLogicalLatinElitesLatin AmericaCubanSuccessorsCastroChavez Author:Mark Falcoff
“Recognising that an ostentatious cult of heroism and state service served an important propaganda function for the British elite does not mean, of course, that we should dismiss it as artificial or insincere. All aristocracies have a strong military tradition, and for many British patricians the protracted warfare of the period was a godsend. It gave them a job, and, more important, a purpose, an opportunity to carry out what they had been trained to do since childhood: ride horses, fire guns, exercise their undoubted physical courage and tell other people what to do.” PeopleShouldMeanDoeImportantStatesJobsPurposeCoursesOpportunityStrongFireChildhoodMilitaryPeriodsExerciseGunTraditionFunctionHorseBritishPropagandaElitesArtificialHeroismWarfareCultAristocracyBritish HistoryInsincereOstentatiousPhysical Courage Author:Linda Colley
“By the power elite, we refer to those political, economic, and military circles which as an intricate set of overlapping cliques share decisions having at least national consequences. In so far as national events are decided, the power elite are those who decide them.” PoliticalDecisionPowerShareEconomicMilitaryEventsConsequenceDecidedCirclesElitesIntricateCliqueOverlapping Book:The Power Elite Source: The Power Elite
“The second corruption of the state is oligarchy (oligos = few), in which the military elite is narrowed down to a few ruling families of immense wealth and prestige, who now openly flaunt their wealth and possessions.” StatesWealthMilitaryPossessionCorruptionElitesImmenseRulingPrestigeOligarchy Book:The Corrupt Society: From Ancient Greece to Present-Day America Source: The Corrupt Society: From Ancient Greece to Present-Day America
“If the new military elite is anything like the old one, it would, in any great crisis, tend to side with the Old Order and defend the status quo, if necessary, by force. In the words of the standard police bulletin known to all radio listeners, These men are armed -and they may be dangerous.” IfsMenMayOrderForceSidesKnownMilitaryDangerousStandardsPoliceCrisisRadioElitesListenersStatus Quo Author:Ferdinand Lundberg
“The West is supporting, even financing the right-wing media, it is financing 'the opposition', encourages capital flight of billions of dollars, works closely with the local 'elites' to create 'deficits', 'uncertainty' and despair. It creates corruption scandals, and it even supports fake 'left' anti-government movements. And of course it is training and corrupting some key military cadres.” GovernmentCoursesLeftSupportMediaMilitaryMovementKeysDespairTrainingDollarsWingsWestCorruptionBillionsLocalsFlightUncertaintyFakeOppositionElitesScandalDeficitRight WingFinancingAnti GovernmentCadre Author:Andre Vltchek
“Communism is an aspiration, an aspiration is an ideal, a dream, a longing of something that would be perfect, but hard to build because it has to clash with human nature and against the egotism of humans and the egotism of the elites which usually try to guarantee their own interests above those of their nations and of their own people. But they are the ones that prevail because they have the economic power, the political power and the military power.” PeopleTryingHumansHardDreamWould BePoliticalNationsInterestPerfectEconomicMilitaryHuman NatureIdealsLongingCommunismAspirationGuaranteesElitesEgotismClashPolitical PowerEconomic PowerMilitary Power Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“In Burma, economic engagement enriches the regime, as the economy is controlled by the regime. Economic engagement benefits this elite, not ordinary people. The money is spent on the military, stolen by the elite.” PeopleEconomyEconomicMilitaryBenefitsOrdinaryControlledEngagementRegimesElitesStolenOrdinary PeopleBurma Author:Zoya Phan