“Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic. ... This is the only way to become a great general and master the secrets of the art of war.” WayArtWarSecretMilitaryMastersCampaignsArt Of WarTotal War Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“The secret of war lies in the communications.” WarLyingSecretMilitaryCommunication Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile.” MenWayImportantSecretMilitaryProduceTortureCustomsWorthwhileBeaten Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“The word 'security' is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment. The guarding of military and diplomatic secrets at the expense of informed representative government provides no real security.” ShouldFirstsRealGovernmentLawSecretSecurityMilitaryFundamentalsExpensesBroadsAmendmentsRepresentativesVagueFirst AmendmentDiplomaticGeneralitiesGuardingRepresentative Government Author:Hugo Black
“Teller contended, not implausibly, that hydrogen bombs keep the peace, or at least prevent thermonuclear war, because the consequences of warfare between nuclear powers are now too dangerous. We haven't had a nuclear war yet, have we? But all such arguments assume that the nuclear-armed nations are and always will be, without exception, rational actors, and that bouts of anger and revenge and madness will never overtake their leaders (or military and secret police officers in charge of nuclear weapons). In the century of Hitler and Stalin, this seems ingenuous.” WarSeemsActorsNationsSecretLeaderCenturyMilitaryDangerousHavensWeaponsConsequenceArgumentMadnessPoliceAssumingRevengeNuclearRationalBombsExceptionOfficersNuclear WeaponsWarfarePolice OfficerNuclear WarHydrogenNuclear PowerSecret PoliceHydrogen Bomb Author:Carl Sagan
“The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.” SuccessLyingSecretMilitaryVictoryOrganizationPhilosophicalObviousBad AssEffectiveness Author:Marcus Aurelius
“Despite the creations of new sections, secret intelligence activity remained mistrusted and neglected in military circles, although there were a few enthusiasts like Baden-Powell, who went on foreign trips disguised as a butterfly collector and regarded spying as sport.” SportsSecretMilitaryCreationActivityCirclesDespiteButterflySectionsNeglectedCollectorsSecret Intelligence Book:Secrecy in Britain Source: Secrecy in Britain
“Nobody can ever learn our military's secrets - unless, you know, they happen to have the Discovery Channel. Then, it's pretty easy, just tune in for a few minutes.” KnowsHappensEasySecretMinutesMilitaryDiscoveryTunes Author:Arj Barker
“As nearly two dozen Secret Service agents and members of the military were punished or fired following a 2012 prostitution scandal in Colombia, Obama administration officials repeatedly denied that anyone from the White House was involved.” TwoHouseWhiteSecretMilitaryInvolvedMembersFollowingAgentsAdministrationOfficialsWhite HouseDeniedDozenScandalProstitutionNotableColombiaSecret Service Author:Carol D. Leonnig
“The information that the Secret Service shared with the White House included hotel records and firsthand accounts - the same types of evidence the agency and military relied on to determine who in their ranks was involved.” HouseWhiteSecretRecordsMilitaryInformationTypeInvolvedEvidenceAccountsDetermineAgencyHotelWhite HouseNotableSecret Service Author:Carol D. Leonnig
“It's no secret that the Democrat Party considers the American military to be the focus of evil in the modern world. So anything the American military does to eradicate evil, makes the evil that we're eradicating understandable and justified.” WorldDoeEvilPartySecretFocusModernMilitaryDemocratJustifiedModern WorldAmerican Military Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There are leaks from the Embassy in Honduras. There was a coup in 2009. Obama broke with most of Latin America and even Europe and supported the military coup, still does. The ambassador in Honduras sent back a detailed analysis saying the coup was military, illegal, unconstitutional, and that the legitimate president was thrown out. Okay, we now know that Washington was perfectly aware of that and decided to support the military coup anyway. We should have known that at the time. The government has no right to keep that information secret.” KnowsShouldDoeStillsGovernmentAmericaPresidentSecretKnownSupportMilitaryInformationEuropeDecidedShould HaveOkayBrokeAnalysisThrownIllegalLatinLatin AmericaAmbassadorsLeaksCoupsUnconstitutionalEmbassyShould Have KnownHonduras Author:Noam Chomsky
“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
“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