“One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's whole energies towards the fulfillment of a particular task.” ImportantMatterWholeEnergyAbilityMilitaryParticularTasksDirectFactorsFulfillment Author:Erwin Rommel
“Our task was not to conduct a full-fledged military operation there [in Crimea], but it was to ensure people's safety and security and a comfortable environment to express their will. We did that. But it would not have been possible without the Crimeans' own strong resolution.” PeopleHas BeensStrongEnvironmentSecurityMilitaryComfortableTasksSafetyOperationsResolutionSafety And SecurityCrimeaMilitary Operations Author:Vladimir Putin
“Industrial production, the flow of resources in the economy, the exertion of military effort in a war, the management of finances --all require the coordination of interrelated activities. What these complex undertakings share in common is the task of constructing a statement of actions to be performed, their timing and quantity (called a program or schedule), that, if implemented, would move the system from a given initial status as much as possible towards some defined goal” IfsWarActionMovingGivenGoalCommonEffortEconomyShareMilitaryActivityResourcesProgramFlowTasksManagementComplexesProductionsStatementsFinanceDefinedQuantityTimingSchedulesInitialsUndertakingsExertionCoordination Author:George Dantzig
“To confine soldiers to purely military functions while urgent and vital tasks have to be done, and nobody else is available to undertake them, would be senseless. The soldier must then be prepared to become a propagandist, a social worker, a civil engineer, a schoolteacher, a nurse, a boy scout. But only for as long as he cannot be replaced, for it is better to entrust civilian tasks to civilians.” LongDoneWould BeSocialBoysMilitaryTasksFunctionPreparedWorkersSoldierAvailableNurseEngineersReplacedBe PreparedUrgentCiviliansSocial WorkerBoy ScoutPropagandistCivil Engineer Author:David Galula
“The first task of the Federal Reserve system would be to finance the World War. The European nations were already bankrupt, because they had maintained large standing armies for almost fifty years, a situation created by their own central banks, and therefore they could not finance a war. A central bank always imposes a tremendous burden on the nation for "rearmament" and "defense", in order to create inextinguishable debt, simultaneously creating a military dictatorship and enslaving the people to pay the "interest" on the debt which the bankers have artificially created.” PeopleWorldYearsFirstsWarWould BeOrderNationsInterestPaySituationMilitaryCreatingStandingTasksArmyBurdenDebtDefenseFinanceWar Of The WorldsFiftyDictatorshipReservesBankersFederal ReserveCentral Banks Author:Eustace Mullins
“The military taught me the importance of getting something done in a timely manner and the importance of completing a mission on time. My lieutenant would say, 'If you don't, you die.' In many ways, life is the same. If you don't pay attention to a timeline, you lose out on the ability to accomplish the task at hand.” IfsWayDoneHandsLife IsDiesLosesAbilityPayAttentionMilitaryTaughtTasksImportanceAccomplishMissionsPay AttentionTimelyCompletingLieutenantsTimelinesTask At Hand Author:Don Young
“Nation building is our central task, both in Afghanistan and in Iraq. And states, nations can't just be built with military power. Despite all difficulties, it's very inspiring to see how the Kurds, the Arab Sunnis and the Shiites are coming together here, how they're jointly defining the basis on which their state is to be built, the political course this state will pursue and who is to receive which cabinet positions.” StatesTogetherPoliticalCoursesNationsMilitaryPositionBuildingBuiltTasksBasesDifficultyIraqPursueDespiteAfghanistanDefiningCabinetsComing TogetherNation BuildingMilitary PowerKurdsVery Inspiring Author:Zalmay Khalilzad
“The Halifax area has long played a major role in Canada's military operations, being the port of departure for convoys, naval task forces and army units over the past 100 years or so.” YearsLongPastForceRolesMilitaryMajorsAreasTasksArmyOperationsCanadaUnitsOver The PastPortDepartureNavalMilitary OperationsTask ForcesHalifax Author:Willie Morris
“It seems to me an utterly futile task to prescribe rules and limitations for the conduct of war. War is not a game; hence one cannot wage war by rules as one would in playing games. Our fight must be against war itself. The masses of people can most effectively fight the institution of war by establishing an organization for the absolute refusal of military service.” PeopleWarSeemsFightingGamesMilitaryMassTasksOrganizationAbsolutesInstitutionsLimitationRefusalPlaying GamesMilitary ServiceAgainst War Book:Einstein on Peace Source: Einstein on Peace
“Someone will always want to mobilize Death on a massive scale for economic Domination or revenge. And the task, taken As a task, appeals to the imagination. The military is an engineering profession.” WantImaginationTakenEconomicMilitaryTasksRevengeProfessionScalesAppealsMassiveEngineeringDomination Book:Time and materials: poems, 1997-2005 Source: Time and materials: poems, 1997-2005
“He was a superb military officer but he was also an extraordinarily gifted politician. That he was an unusually open, honest and no-nonsense politician did not make him unsuited for the profession, only uncommon. In uniform and in politics Barry's purpose was always the defense of freedom. And nobody before or since managed the task more ably or more colorfully than Barry Goldwater.” PurposeHonestMilitaryPoliticianTasksDefenseProfessionNonsenseOfficersUniformsGiftedUncommonSuperbNo Nonsense Author:John McCain
“I think our great task is to make certain that our young men and women in the military do not get sucked into never- ending, perpetual warfare within the quagmire of Syria and Iraq. And I will do my very best to make sure that that doesn't happen.” ThinkingMenHappensYoungCertainMilitaryMen And WomenTasksIraqYoung ManPerpetualWarfareSyriaNever EndingQuagmireMilitary Women Author:Hillary Clinton
“The demands of leadership have changed. The highest levels if leadership require mastery of a new task: job creation. Traditional leadership through politics, military force, religion, or personal values won't work in the future like it has in the past.” IfsJobsPastValuesForceLeadershipLevelsMilitaryCreationChangedDemandHighestTasksTraditionalMasteryMilitary ForceJob CreationPersonal Values Book:The Coming Jobs War Source: The Coming Jobs War
“One of the main aims of Sharon is to prevent a Palestinian state - a real, viable, sovereign, free Palestinian state. It has been the major task of his life for the last forty years. What Sharon wants to do is "shorten the lines," in military slang. He wants to give up some positions which are untenable, or which cost too much to keep, and to withdraw to where he wants Israel to be.” WantGivingYearsHas BeensRealStatesLastsLinesToo MuchMilitaryPositionCostGiving UpMajorsTasksAimIsraelFortyPalestinianSovereignSlangSharon Author:Uri Avnery