“I wanted to dismantle the bollocks that there's a military structure to a gang, with a leader, second leader, the good looking one, first babe, second babe. It's far more arbitrary than that and their values shouldn't be romanticised. They aren't something you want to sign up to.” WantFirstsWantedValuesLeaderMilitaryStructureLooking GoodArbitraryGangBabe Author:Peter Mullan
“If they succeed in creating an inclusive structure in virtually any peaceful form, Iraq succeeds. If they fail, the U.S.-led coalition fails almost regardless of its military success and that of the new Iraqi forces, and Iraq will move towards division, paralysis, civil conflict and/or a new strongman.” IfsMovingFormForceFailingMilitaryCivilizationSucceedConflictCreatingStructureIraqPeacefulDivisionCoalitionsParalysis Author:Anthony H. Cordesman
“The CIA was revealed to be spying in France, not for military purposes, but for corporate purposes. So this $30 billion spook agency is now at the disposal of these oligarchic corporate structures run by the 1%.” RunningPurposeMilitaryStructureBillionsFranceCorporateAgencyCia Author:Jerry Brown
“I feel very strongly that the significance of 9/11 cannot be underestimated. It forces us to think in new ways about strategy, about national security, about how we structure our forces and about how we use U.S. military power.” ThinkingWayFeelsUseForceSecurityMilitaryStrategyStructureSignificanceVery StrongNew WaysNational SecurityUnderestimatedMilitary Power Author:Dick Cheney
“Nations are political and military entities, and so are blocs of nations. But it doesn't necessarily follow from this that they are also the basic, salient entities of economic life or that they are particularly useful for probing the mysteries of economic structure, the reasons for rise and decline of wealth. Indeed, the failure of national governments and blocs of nations to force economic life to do their bidding suggests some sort of essential irrelevance.” ReasonGovernmentPoliticalForceNationsWealthMysteryEconomicMilitaryEssentialsEconomicsStructureDeclineEntityBiddingIrrelevanceProbing Book:Cities and the Wealth of Nations Source: Cities and the Wealth of Nations
“I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than 10 military divisions.” GovernmentCreativityMilitaryHeroTenProveCapableStructureTheatreDivisionHeroicAnti WarShaking Author:Vaclav Havel
“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
“In the armed forces, the chances of success are quite high. That's due to the clarity of the military structure - everything is sketched out. In politics, there are many more surprises and detours, and it's a lot more unpredictable.” ForceChanceMilitaryStructureSurpriseDuesClarityUnpredictableArmed ForcesDetours Author:Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
“My parents got divorced and military school gave me a structure. A lot of kids my age were children of divorced parents. They didn't know what to do with the kids.” KnowsChildrenKidsAgeSchoolParentMilitaryStructureDivorcedMilitary SchoolDivorced Parents Author:Stephen Sondheim
“The whole military structure in Haiti that existed until the early 1990s was put in place by the American occupation. At the top there were Southern white officers, who led an army that crushed the indigenous resistance - the cacos. A high-ranking U.S. officer said when he arrived, "To think these niggers speak French!" Later, Haitian officers attended the notorious School of the Americas at Fort Benning. The threat from the U.S. is something that is always hanging over people's heads: If we don't behave, we'll have occupation again.” PeopleIfsThinkingSaidWholeSchoolSpeakWhiteMilitaryArmyStructureThreatResistanceBehaveOccupationOfficersSouthernIndigenousCrushedHaitiNotoriousRankingFortsHaitianSpeaks French Author:Edwidge Danticat
“In my opinion, provision of military support to illegal structures runs counter to the principles of modern international law and the United Nations Charter.” RunningLawNationsUnitedOpinionPrinciplesSupportModernMilitaryStructureInternationalIllegalUnited NationsProvisionCharterInternational Law Author:Vladimir Putin
“Generals often find a way of dealing with generals on the officer-to-officer level. In the hierarchy of the military and with the almost similar structure and similar language, they find a way of dealing with each other.” WayLanguageLevelsMilitaryStructureOfficersHierarchy Author:Kofi Annan
“I consider both the West Bank and Gaza to be colonised, even though Gaza is not occupied in the same way that the West Bank is. The Israeli government and military control all goods that pass in or out of that area, and they have restricted employment and building material that would allow Palestinians to rebuild homes and structures that were destroyed by bombardment.” WayHomeGovernmentMilitaryBuildingMaterialsAreasStructureWestDestroyedEmploymentGoodsPalestinianIsraeliGazaBuilding Materials Author:Judith Butler
“No self-respecting feminist could argue with the claim that the novel is more likely to accept existing power structures than not. But there's a vast difference, surely, between Dickens saying Indians should be exterminated and a Dave Eggers writing eloquently about the NSA, but not being as outspoken on American military power abroad.” ShouldWritingSelfDifferencesAcceptingNovelMilitaryClaimsStructureFeministArguingNsaDaveDickensOutspokenMilitary PowerAmerican Military Author:Kamila Shamsie