“To the person that deals in visualizations, I suppose there is something rather exciting about a whole set of people - they all going symmetrically, up or down, in a military sort of precision.” PeoplePersonsWholeDealsMilitaryExcitingPrecisionVisualization Author:Leo Ornstein
“Why become enlightened? Why join the military? Why get married? Why cross the ocean? It is a personal choice. There is something in a person that draws them to the light.” InspirationalPersonsLightChoicesMilitaryBuddhismOceanMarriedDrawsCrossesEnlightenedPersonal Choice Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you go back into military history, the person who's leading the troops ought to be in with the troops and not just standing on the backline sending them into battle.” IfsPersonsMilitaryOughtBattleStandingTroopsMilitary History Author:Richard Branson
“A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies” PeopleMeanPersonsFreedomResponsibilityMilitaryDangerArmyPreparedProtectionDefenseRelyBe PreparedRely Upon Author:Edmund Randolph
“They [people of Afghanistan] didn't want Al-Qaeda in their country. They didn't appreciate the Taliban taking control. But they really have an incredible amount of dignity. And by that, they are grateful for America's help in ridding them of the Taliban. The average, ordinary person is glad that their daughter can go to school now. There's no public executions, no banning of soccer games. The difference is, they're appreciative, but they don't want any prolonged military presence of the United States there.” PeopleWantPersonsCountryStatesHelpingSchoolAmericaGamesDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryAmountOrdinaryDaughterAppreciateDignityGratefulIncrediblesAverageGladSoccerAlsAfghanistanExecutionAl QaedaTalibanAppreciativeOrdinary PersonSoccer GameMilitary Presence Author:Immortal Technique
“Go to a nearby military cemetery and look at the American flags stuck on each grave and think of the person buried there who was killed for global domination or for the blunders and egomania of our leadership. And remember, for every person buried there, 10 more loved that person and were shattered by the loss. Instead of saluting, softly say: 'I'm sorry.' ... We need to make Memorial Day a relic of the past.” ThinkingNeedsLooksPersonsWarPastRememberLossMilitarySorryStuckGravesBuriedFlagsI'm SorryDominationMemorialShatteredMemorial DayCemeteryBlundersRelicsMilitarismAmerican FlagEgomania Author:Cindy Sheehan
“If I was trying to destroy this country, what I would do is find a way to drive wedges between all the people, drive the debt to an unsustainable level, and then step off the stage as a world leader and let our enemies increase while we decreased our capacity as a military person. And that's what [Hillary Clinton] doing.” PeopleIfsWorldWayTryingPersonsCountryLevelsLeaderStepsEnemyStageMilitaryCapacityIncreaseClintonDebtWorld LeaderWedges Author:Benjamin Carson
“Authority never matches responsibility. That's one of the great myths and delusions of all times. Winning managers and individual performers at all levels know that effectiveness means building your own network and creating your own authority. Those who succeed always reach far beyond formal deputation, take initiatives, and take the heat when things go awry. That's true in the military in times of war, true for 200 person manufacturing firms, and true at giant automakers or software companies.” KnowsMeanPersonsWarWinningIndividualLevelsResponsibilityCompanyMilitaryBuildingSucceedAuthorityCreatingMythAll TimeManagersFirmHeatGiantsDelusionPerformersSoftwareInitiativeFormalEffectivenessManufacturingSoftware Company Author:Tom Peters
“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
“Mikhail Saakashvili would do everything within his power to destroy me, first as a politician and then as a person. All government authorities, including the police, the military and the courts, are controlled by those in power.” FirstsPersonsGovernmentMilitaryPoliticianAuthorityPoliceCourtIncludingControlled Author:Irakli Okruashvili
“Some 3,500 Muslims now serve in the U.S. military. The overwhelming majority of them are loyal Americans who see no conflict between their personal religious duty and service to their country. But there can no place in our military for those persons of any faith who do. America has now seen the horrors of what 'diversity at any cost' can lead to.” PersonsCountryAmericaReligiousMilitaryDutyHorrorCostConflictDiversityMajorityOverwhelmingLoyal Author:Linda Chavez
“I think they should let gays in the military because we are the United States of America. And if a gay person wants to serve his or her country, why should they not be allowed to?” IfsThinkingWantShouldPersonsCountryStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryGayUnited States Of America Author:Jesse Ventura
“The military is such a hierarchical institution. It's an institution where, if you are assaulted by a person senior to you, you're probably the person that's expendable and that's going to get in trouble.” IfsPersonsTroubleMilitaryInstitutionsSeniorExpendables Author:Joy-Ann Reid
“Say whatever you want. But the United States has a kickass military and really good bullshit marketing people. If this country was a person it would be a used car salesman with a flamethrower.” PeopleIfsWantPersonsCountryStatesWould BeUsedUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryCarMarketingBullshitSalesmanUsed CarCar SalesmanKickassUsed Car Salesman Author:Richard Jeni
“I did more research into the police procedure. I worked out with SWAT guys and ex- and active military guys, and consulted with them and read books. As far as the character itself, I don't know how you can research being a focused guy, aside from just being a focused person and knowing what that's like. Outside of the character background and all that, there wasn't a whole lot of other stuff to really delve into. You just do what you do.” KnowsPersonsBookWholeCharacterGuyStuffKnow HowKnowingMilitaryResearchPoliceActiveFocusedBackgroundsJust BeingExesProcedures Author:Tim Kang
“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
“You cannot possibly expect even the most illiterate person on Earth to believe that you really want a democracy in Iraq while you are paying Mubarak $3 billion a year to pretend he doesn't hate Israel. And you're providing the military and diplomatic umbrella that protects the fascist government, if you will, of the al Sauds.” IfsWantYearsBelievePersonsGovernmentEarthHateDemocracyMilitaryProtectIraqIsraelBillionsAlsProvidingFascistsUmbrellaDiplomaticIlliterateMubarakIlliterate Person Author:Michael Scheuer
“There are many different ways that a military person's career can be translated.” WayPersonsDifferentCareersMilitaryDifferent Ways Author:Michelle Obama
“[Michael Flynn is not] the kind of person who is going to be more buttoned-up kind of military figure and that partisan tone.” KindPersonsMilitaryFiguresTonePartisans Author:John Heilemann
“Rather take that moral sense and apply it to the particulars of a job that is going to test those ethical and moral precepts differently than if you're a professor, or a business person, or a dad. And if I were not comfortable with the judicious use of our military to protect the American people, than I shouldn't have run for president. And having said that, I do think that the wisdom of a [Martin Luther] King or a [Mahatma] Gandhi can inform my decisions.” PeopleIfsThinkingPersonsSaidUseRunningJobsPresidentDecisionMoralMilitaryKingsDadProtectComfortableTestsEthicalProfessorsLutherBusiness Person Author:Barack Obama
“The sole relief I am asking for is to be released from military prison after serving six years of confinement as a person who did not intend to harm the interests of the United States or harm any service members.” YearsPersonsStatesInterestUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryMembersSixAskingPrisonHarmReliefServingSoleConfinement Author:Chelsea Manning
“My evaluation of President George W. Bush is nothing personal. He's a lovely person. Sadly, I believe he will be remembered for taking us into war unnecessarily at the cost of thousands of American lives, injuries to tens of thousands of our troops, and trillions of dollars to our economy - enormous costs to our reputation, and undermining the capability of our military to protect us. That, I think, will be the overwhelming issue for which his presidency will be remembered: extensive damage to our country.” ThinkingBelievePersonsWarCountryI BelievePresidentEconomyIssuesMilitaryCostProtectDollarsLovelyEnormousReputationOur CountryRememberedDamageInjuryOverwhelmingCapabilityTroopsPresidencyAmerican LifeEvaluationOur TroopsUnderminingPresident George W BushLovely Person Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Today, we have a powerful military that serves as a deterrent, but the enemy we have today is not like World War II, where you sign a piece of paper and the war is over. Today they're not in uniform. In my time we knew what the enemy looked like, we knew his weapons systems and such. Today, your cab driver may be the person, you have no idea. I don't know how we got into this fix, but we're there.” KnowsWorldMayPersonsIdeasWarTodayPowerfulEnemyKnow HowPiecesMilitaryPaperWeaponsNo IdeaWar Of The WorldsMy TimeDriversWorld War IiWorld War IUniformsCabDeterrentCab Drivers Author:Daniel Inouye
“They say military have the so-called 'secret intelligence' - this amount of intelligence must be very secret, since I've never seen any intelligent military person, nor I have seen any sense in the bloody stupid wars.” PersonsWarSecretMilitaryStupidAmountIntelligentBloodyMilitary IntelligenceSecret Intelligence Author:Ozzy Osbourne