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“The predominance of moral factors in all military decisions. On them constantly turns the issue of war and battle. In the history of war they form the more constant factors, changing only in degree, whereas the physical factors are different in almost every war and every military situation.”

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Book:Why Don't We Learn from History?

Source: Why Don't We Learn from History?

“It should be the aim of grand strategy to discover and pierce the Achilles' heel of the opposing government's power to make war. Strategy, in turn, should seek to penetrate a joint in the harness of the opposing forces. To apply one's strength where the opponent is strong weakens oneself disproportionately to the effect attained. To strike with strong effect, one must strike at weakness.”

“In war the chief incalculable is the human will, which manifests itself in resistance, which in turn lies in the province of tactics. Strategy has not to overcome resistance, except from nature. Its purpose is to diminish the possibility of resistance, and it seeks to fulfil this purpose by exploiting the elements of movement and surprise.”

Humans War Lying Purpose Turns Military Movement Possibility Elements Overcoming Strategy Surprise Resistance Chiefs Diminish Tactics Provinces Human Will

Author:B. H. Liddell Hart

“The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.”

War Turns Military Victory Gains Defeat Allies

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“No other country in the world does what we do. On every issue, the world turns to us, not simply because of the size of our economy or our military might - but because of the ideals we stand for, and the burdens we bear to advance them.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“I don't think we should be engaged in nation-building. It's not our job to turn foreign nations into democratic utopias, to try to turn Iraq into Switzerland. It is the military's job to hunt down and kill our enemies, to kill ISIS before they murder American citizens and they wage jihad.”

Thinking Should Trying Jobs Turns Nations Enemy Military Building Citizens Murder Down And Democratic Iraq Engaged Hunts Isis Utopia American Citizens Jihad Switzerland Nation Building

Author:Ted Cruz

“The Book of Revelation has all the authority, in these theological uplands, of military orders in time of war. The people turn to it for light upon all their problems, spiritual and secular.”

People Book War Problem Light Spiritual Order Turns Atheism Military Authority Positive Atheism Revelations Secular Theological Book Of Revelation

Author:H. L. Mencken

“The Boston bombing provided the opportunity for the government to turn what should have been a police investigation into a military-style occupation of an American city. This unprecedented move should frighten us as much or more than the attack itself.”

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Author:Ron Paul

“The sciences of today are business enterprises run on business principles. Research in large institutes is not guided by Truth and Reason but by the most rewarding fashion, and the great minds of today increasingly turn to where the money is - which means military matters.”

Mind Mean Matter Reason Running Today Turns Principles Military Fashion Research Enterprise Institute Great Minds Institutes

Book:Farewell to Reason

Source: Farewell to Reason

“For, once man is declared 'the measure of all things,' there is no longer a true, or a good, or a just, but only opinions of equal validity whose clash can be settled only by political or military force; and each force in turn enthrones in its hour of triumph a true, a good, and a just which will endure just as long as itself.”

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Author:Bertrand de Jouvenel

“[I]f you want instant, reflexive support for the US government's police and military powers, MSNBC is the place to turn these days.”

Want Government Turns Support Military Police These Days Instant Military Power

Author:Glenn Greenwald

“We're working with NATO, the longest military alliance in the history of the world, to really turn our attention to terrorism.”

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Author:Hillary Clinton