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“In the military we also learn principles of war which also work in a corporate setting: How do you concentrate as much of your force as possible on a critical point and take a risk elsewhere? In business that translates into focusing your investment on marketing, sales, or R&D, whichever will give you the greatest return.”

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Author:Colin Powell

“I worked with the Nato Military Committee. The Head of the Luxembourg Armed Forces had equal standing with me, and I had to respect that. He was the leader of the armed forces of a sovereign country. I had to make sure he never thought that I was looking down on them, merely because they had less power than we did. With that kind of approach you can develop bonds of trust. I tried to do the same thing with my colleagues when I was Secretary of State.”

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Author:Colin Powell

“What you're gonna hear Jim Harbaugh say, many in this country are getting their backs up filled with rage and anger and disbelief, and they are threatened by this. Harbaugh believes in toughness in men, he believes in toughness in America, he believes in toughness in American men. You damn well want it in your Special Forces, gang. You want it with the Navy SEALs. You want it all over the United States military. You want manliness, you want toughness, you want bravery, you want courage.”

“All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.”

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Book:Lincoln on Democracy

Source: Lincoln on Democracy

“Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.”

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Author:John Milton

“The application of military force, or the prospect of such application, inhibits terrorist violence.”

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Author:Benjamin Netanyahu

“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for.”

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Author:Sarah Palin

“Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces.”

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Author:Richard Perle

“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”

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Book:My American Journey

Source: My American Journey

“International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.”

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Author:Samantha Power