“I really hate to be put in the position of trying to justify something, a decision that was made. I'm a military guy: when a decision is made, I go along with it, whatever the manufactured controversy and criticism.” TryingMadeGuyHateDecisionMilitaryPositionCriticismJustifyControversy Author:Buzz Aldrin
“General welfare is a general condition - maybe sound currency is general welfare, maybe markets, maybe judicial system, maybe a national defense, but this is specific welfare. This justifies the whole welfare state - the military industrial complex, the welfare to foreigners, the welfare state that imprisons our people and impoverishes our people and gives us our recession.” PeopleGivingStatesWholeSoundConditionsMilitaryComplexesDefenseWelfareJustifyCurrencyForeignersRecessionsJudicialWelfare StateMilitary Industrial ComplexNational DefenseGeneral WelfareJudicial System Author:Ron Paul
“I think we need to ask serious questions about how we engage militarily, when we engage militarily, and on what basis we engage militarily. What kind of intelligence do we have to justify a military engagement?” ThinkingNeedsKindAsksMilitarySeriousBasesJustifyEngagement Author:Albert Wynn
“The two-war strategy is just a marketing device to justify a high [military] budget.” TwoWarMilitaryStrategyMarketingBudgetsJustifyDevicesWar StrategyMilitary Budget Author:Merrill McPeak
“The other piece of this is that we call for cutting our bloated and dangerous military budget. And this is something that is made possible by moving to 100% clean renewable energy, where we cannot justify wars for oil, and where we cannot justify having some 700, 800 bases gathered around the world in something like 100 countries in significant measure protecting either access to fossil fuels or protecting routes of transportation.” WorldMadeWarCountryMovingEnergyPiecesCuttingMilitaryDangerousBasesCleanOilAccessSignificantAround The WorldBudgetsFuelJustifyRoutesFossilsTransportationFossil FuelRenewable EnergyMilitary Budget Author:Jill Stein
“People say, oh we just need charismatic leaders to continue on to Mars. Now we've gone to the moon, of course Mars is next. No. Mars was never, of course, next. It is next if you think we went to the moon because we're explorers, but if you know we went to the moon because we were at war then we're never going to Mars. There's no military reason to do it, to justify the expenditure.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsNeedsWarReasonCoursesNextLeaderGoneMilitaryMoonJustifyMarsExplorersExpendituresCharismatic Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The U.S. military today garrisons the planet in a fashion without historical precedent. Successive administrations, regardless of party, justify and perpetuate this policy by insisting that positioning U.S. forces in distant lands fosters peace, stability, and security. In the present century, however, perpetuating this practice has visibly had the opposite effect. In the eyes of many of those called upon to "host" American bases, the permanent presence of such forces smacks of occupation. They resist. Why should U.S. policymakers expect otherwise?” EyeTodayPartySecurityMilitaryFashionPolicyHistoricalJustifyStabilityHostSmack Author:Andrew Bacevich
“Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces.” ForceSecretEnemyMilitaryPoliceInternalsJustifyDictatorMilitary ForceSecret Police Author:Richard Perle