“Gays are now allowed to serve openly in the military. So maybe our next war could be a musical.” WarNextMilitaryGayMusical Author:David Letterman
“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
“I didnt go into the NASA program to pick up rocks or to go the moon or anything else. I went in there because I was a military officer, and that was the next notch in my profession.” NextRocksMilitaryMoonPicksProgramProfessionOfficersNasaNotches Author:Jim Lovell
“The true use of history, whether civil or military, is not to make man clever for the next time, it is to make him wise forever.” MenUseWisdomNextHistoryForeverWiseMilitaryCleverNext Time Author:Michael Howard
“If you don’t have a good idea of what to do next after using military force, then don’t use it in the first place.” IfsFirstsIdeasUseNextForceMilitaryGood IdeasMilitary Force Author:Ted Lieu
“My advice for the next commander in chief: Listen to your military advisers. Listen to your generals. They are the experts. Even if you have a commander in chief who has served in the military, that person still isn’t engaged on a daily basis. The generals will know best.” IfsKnowsPersonsStillsNextAdviceMilitaryBasesChiefsExpertsEngagedCommandersAdviserCommander In Chief Author:Ralph Abraham
“History has shown more than once that when people surrender totalitarian powers to their rulers, they are inevitably exercised in the next big crisis. And let's not forget here that the next president who wields this power and who will be in charge of military might well be Hillary Clinton.” PeopleWellsBigsMightNextPresidentForgetMilitaryCrisisClintonSurrenderRulers Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“Higher education isn't just a personal investment. It's a public good that pays off in a more competitive workforce and better-informed and engaged citizens. Every year, we spend nearly $100 billion on corporate welfare, and more than $500 billion on defense spending. Surely ensuring the next generation can compete in the global economy is at least as important as subsidies for big business and military adventures around the globe. In fact, I think we can and must go further - not just making public higher education tuition-free, but reinventing education in America as we know it.” ThinkingKnowsYearsImportantFactsBigsAmericaNextPayEducationEconomyGenerationsMilitaryCollegeAdventureHigherCitizensInvestmentSpendingDefenseBillionsCorporateWelfareEngagedGlobesNext GenerationBig BusinessHigher EducationGlobal EconomyWorkforceSubsidiesPublic GoodTuitionReinventingEducation In AmericaCollege TuitionDefense Spending Author:Robert Reich
“The President? Hmmm, I wonder who that might be? Could it be, perhaps, the sitting two-term incumbent of the same party holding its convention? The person whose economic and military policies shape the environment the next president will deal with? As best I can tell, in the tens of thousands of words making up the combined remarks of John McCain, Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, and Lindsay Graham, the Name That Must Not Be Uttered appeared exactly once.” PersonsI CanTwoMightNextNamesPresidentTermDealsPartyWonderEnvironmentEconomicMilitaryPolicyShapesSittingConventionsMikeRemarksRomneyMccainPalinMaking UpIncumbentsHmmmRudy Author:James Fallows
“Mubarak was the glue that held this very leaderless and organic and very pluralistic mix of people together. Now that he's gone, there's a lot more debate and division about what happens next, which is healthy. We're essentially still under military dictatorship right now. The military rules the country. It can issue laws by decree.” PeopleStillsCountryHappensTogetherLawNextGoneIssuesMilitaryHealthyRight NowDebateDivisionDictatorshipGlueDecreeMubarak Author:Sharif Abdel Kouddous
“We have a strong military deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. In countries like Syria, we need a diplomatic breakthrough to end the war. In Libya, the country must first of all be stabilized to stop IS. This means supporting the Libyan government, including in terms of security. We don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past in that country. The situation is extremely dangerous and the next days could be decisive.” WantNeedsFirstsMeanWarEndsCountryGovernmentPastNextStrongTermMistakeSituationSecurityMilitaryDangerousIncludingIraqRepeatsAfghanistanSyriaNext DayBreakthroughDiplomaticLibyaDeployment Author:Paolo Gentiloni
“According to the National Priorities Project, military expenditures are 54% of the budget. The next biggest line item is 7%. And there are a whole bunch of 7 percents. So in short, we have a military budget surrounded by a lot of footnotes. This is not serving us well.” WellsWholeNextLinesMilitaryProjectsPercentPrioritiesBunchBudgetsServingItemsExpendituresFootnotesMilitary Budget Author:Jill Stein
“The president [Barack Obama] asked for a commitment of, I think, 100,000 jobs for veterans and military spouses over the next couple of years. And we announced during the tour last week that we have gotten more than 60,000 jobs, and we're well on our way to just crashing that goal out of the water, because what businesses are understanding is that these men and women are some of the most highly trained resources that we have in this country.” ThinkingMenWayYearsWellsCountryJobsLastsNextUnderstandingGoalPresidentWaterWeekMilitaryCoupleMen And WomenCommitmentResourcesBarackSpouseVeteranPresident Barack ObamaMilitary Spouse Author:Michelle Obama
“When you innovate no one else can figure out how to do what you're doing because you're too far ahead of them. And the day they do figure out, you're on to the next object, the next widget, the next concept in innovation. And so America has benefited economically from the space race even though it was driven by military.” AmericaNextSpaceRaceMilitaryFiguresObjectsConceptsInnovationDrivenSpace Race Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“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
“On the other hand, you have to balance that against expanding our nuclear forces, add to our so-called depleted military, which is already more powerful than the rest of the world combined; attack in Syria, send forces to Syria, start bombing. Who knows what could be next?” KnowsWorldHandsNextForcePowerfulMilitaryBalanceAddNuclearSyriaExpandingBombing Author:Noam Chomsky
“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” LifeInspirationalMotivationalSuccessTimeNextLeadershipPerfectInspiringVisionPlansWeekMilitaryArmyPlanningViolentTime ManagementExecutionWorld War 2Strategic PlanningNext WeekGood LeaderBeing A LeaderInspiring LeaderBest LeaderLeadership And ManagementGood LeadershipGreatest LeadershipUs ArmyOff The WallMilitary LeadershipLeading The WayBeing A Good LeaderGood Planning Author:George S. Patton