“The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.” ChildrenWarUseProblemFunnyEvilForceNationsPeacePoorMilitarySolutionsDirectLibertarianSarcasmCombatAntiwarProblem SolvingEmployedPeace WarSmall ChildSolution To A ProblemJust WarUse Of ForceMilitary SoldierSoldiers At WarPro War Author:David Friedman
“Images of burning Red Cross and UN buildings struck by US bombs contrasted with images of thousands of desperately poor Afghan women carrying sickly and starving children out of Afghanistan as they flee the might of the US military is tearing at international public confidence in our war against terrorism.” ChildrenWarMightPoorMilitaryBuildingRedCrossesInternationalTerrorismBurningBombsAfghanistanContrastStarvingAfghanUs MilitaryRed Cross Author:Cynthia McKinney
“Great military leaders have to sacrifice soldiers; great captains of industry have to sacrifice people. You can't only look after the poor, and the weak, and the disabled. You've got to do what's best for the community, and that often means sacrificing innocent people.” PeopleLooksMeanCommunityPoorLeaderSacrificeMilitaryIndustryWeakSoldierInnocentCaptainsDisabledGreat MilitaryMilitary LeaderCaptains Of Industry Author:David Nasaw
“A nation that will keep people in slavery for 244 years will "thingify" them and make them things. And therefore, they will exploit them and poor people generally economically. And a nation that will exploit economically will have to have foreign investments and everything else, and it will have to use its military might to protect them. All of these problems are tied together. What I'm saying today is that we must go from this convention and say, "America, you must be born again!"” PeopleYearsUseProblemWisdomMightTodayTogetherAmericaPoliticsNationsBornPoorEconomyMilitaryProtectSlaveryInvestmentLiberalismConventionsTiedPoor PeopleExploitsBorn Again Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Who could not be moved by the sight of that poor, demoralized rabble, outwitted, outflanked, outmanoeuvered by the U.S. military? Yet, given time, I think the press will bounce back.” ThinkingGivenPoorMilitarySightMovedPressesBounceDemoralized Author:James Baker
“I have not the smallest doubt that, if we had a purely democratic government here, the effect would be the same. Either the poor would plunder the rich, and civilisation would perish; or order and property would be saved by a strong military government, and liberty would perish.” IfsGovernmentWould BeOrderStrongPoorLibertyDemocracyRichDoubtEffectsMilitaryPropertyDemocraticSavedSmallestCivilisationPlunderDemocratic Government Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“A sustainable economy represents nothing less than a higher social order one as concerned with future generations as with our own, and more focused on the health of the planet and the poor than on material acquisitions and military might. While it is a fundamentally new endeavor, with many uncertainties, it is far less risky than continuing with business as usual.” MightOrderSocialPoorEconomyGenerationsMilitaryPlanetsMaterialsHigherConcernedEnvironmentalFocusedUncertaintyEndeavorUsualSustainabilityContinuingFuture GenerationAcquisitionSocial Order Author:Lester R. Brown
“What you don't see on television is people dying today because they can't get to a doctor and they can't afford prescription drugs. That's why they are also dying. They are dying in Iraq because they are poor and they have gone into the military because they can't afford to go to college. They're dying because they're living in communities where asthma rates are extremely high because the air is filthy. The suffering of the poor and working class people is a virtual nonissue for the media. But that is the reality.” PeopleRealityTodaySufferingCommunityPoorClassGoneAirDyingMediaMilitaryTelevisionCollegeDrugDoctorsRateIraqWorking ClassPrescriptionsFilthyPrescription DrugsAsthmaPeople Dying Author:Bernie Sanders
“We have inadvertently designed a system in which being good at what you do as a teacher is not formally rewarded, while being poor at what you do is seldom corrected nor penalized.” WarSchoolEvilPoorEducationTeacherTeachingMilitaryBe Good Author:Elliot W. Eisner
“There's a wonderful cartoon of Reagan in a Western hat and he's saying, "A pregnant woman in every home, a gun in every holster. Make America a man again." That sums up his attitudes: pro-military, anti-equality, pro-rich, anti-poor.” MenHomeAmericaPoorAttitudeRichWonderfulMilitaryGunWesternHatsPregnantCartoonPregnant Women Author:Gloria Steinem
“I'm very skeptical of the amount of money that goes into military expenditure, not just in the poor countries [but] also in the rich. I think it's one of the most massive wastes in the world, but education is [at the] other end. It's the bearer of the greatest fruits that mankind has ever known.” ThinkingWorldEndsCountryPoorKnownRichMankindMilitaryAmountWasteFruitMassiveSkepticalExpendituresPoor Countries Author:Amartya Sen
“No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.” WarCountryDiesPoorDyingMilitaryBattleArmySoldierDumbWorld War IiWorld War IWwiiWorld War 2Great WarWw2Military ForceAmerican SoldierMilitary HistoryAmerican MilitaryUs ArmyGreat MilitaryMilitary SoldierWar MovieSoldiers At WarGreatest MilitaryAmerican WarHistorical MilitaryBattle CryMy SoldierGreat ArmyMilitary GeneralAmerican ArmyMost Badass Author:George S. Patton