“I did the first study because I had been exposed to something that I took to be important and interesting - this thought reform process - in the military.” FirstsImportantProcessInterestingStudyMilitaryReformExposed Author:Robert Jay Lifton
“Industrial production, the flow of resources in the economy, the exertion of military effort in a war theater-all are complexes of numerous interrelated activities. Differences may exist in the goals to be achieved, the particular processes involved, and the magnitude of effort. Nevertheless, it is possible to abstract the underlying essential similarities in the management of these seemingly disparate systems.” MayWarProcessGoalDifferencesEffortEconomyMilitaryParticularInvolvedActivityEssentialsResourcesFlowTheaterManagementComplexesProductionsAbstractNeverthelessSimilarityMagnitudeExertion Book:Linear Programming and Extensions Source: Linear Programming and Extensions
“Every democracy must involve civil society in the process of establishing budgets, and all sectors of society must be consulted to determine what the real priorities of the population are. Lobbies, including military contractors and other representatives of the military-industrial complex, must not be allowed to hijack these priorities to the detriment of the population's real needs.” NeedsRealProcessDemocracyMilitaryComplexesIncludingPopulationDeterminePrioritiesBudgetsRepresentativesCivil SocietyMilitary Industrial ComplexContractor Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“At Lackland Air Force Base, they make an effort to retrain military dogs that suffer from PTSD. It's a lengthy, long process. The treatment is much the same as it would be for people, but it's a difficult road back.” PeopleLongWould BeSufferingForceProcessDifficultEffortAirDogMilitaryTreatmentPtsdAir ForceLengthy Author:Robert Crais
“The academic mind can eat away the very basis of its own assurance ... produce contortions when it tries to bend over backward ... allow itself to be dismayed by the picture it has created of relentless historical process.” TryingMindWarProcessHistoryMilitaryProduceBasesHistoricalAcademicAssuranceRelentlessDismayed Author:Herbert Butterfield
“Now all of us deplore this vast military spending. Yet, in the face of the Soviet attitude, we realize its necessity. Whatever the cost, America will keep itself secure. But in the process we must not, by our own hand, destroy or distort the American system. This we could do by useless overspending. I know one sure way to overspend. That is by overindulging sentimental attachments to outmoded military machines and concepts.” KnowsWayWarHandsAmericaFacesProcessRealizingAttitudeMilitaryCostConceptsMachinesSpendingDefenseSecureUselessAttachmentSovietSentimentalMilitary SpendingOverspending Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“The military gave me structure and process. That reflects on the way I believe we should handle legislative matters. If we do it that way in any field, the results are usually better.” IfsWayShouldBelieveMatterI BelieveProcessResultsMilitaryFieldsStructureHandle Author:Ralph Abraham
“Using the ‘military decision-making process’ is extremely valuable when making policy decisions.” ProcessDecisionMilitaryPolicyValuableDecision MakingDecision Making Process Author:Joe Heck
“There is nearly always uh, a process of wanting contingency plans made in the military.” MadeProcessPlansMilitaryContingencyContingency Plans Author:McGeorge Bundy
“The universalism of Islam, in its all-embracing creed, is imposed on the believers as a continuous process of warfare, psychological and political, if not strictly military. . . . The Jihad, accordingly, may be stated as a doctrine of a permanent state of war, not continuous fighting.” IfsMayWarStatesPoliticalFightingProcessMilitaryIslamBelieverDoctrinePsychologicalPermanentCreedsWarfareJihadUniversalism Author:Majid Khadduri
“In the military, we are also taught to only use one third of the available decision-making time, so that our subordinates have time to go through their own decision processes when they learn what we want them to do.” WantUseProcessDecisionMilitaryTaughtThirdsAvailableDecision MakingSubordinatesMaking Time Author:Colin Powell
“Government at all levels in the USA right now is engaged in a quixotic campaign to sustain the unsustainable. We're determined to run WalMart, Disney World, the Interstate Highways, suburbia, and an imperial military by other means than oil. We'll squander a lot of dwindling resources in the process.” WorldMeanGovernmentRunningProcessLevelsMilitaryRight NowResourcesDeterminedOilCampaignsUsaEngagedHighwaysInterstateWalmartSuburbiaQuixotic Author:James Howard Kunstler