“Where the Government is weak, military sway prevails.” GovernmentPoliticsPowerMilitaryWeak Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Frankly speaking, we all know that provoking military and political instability, regional, and other conflicts is a helpful means of distracting the public from growing domestic social and economic problems in certain countries. Such attempts cannot be ruled out, unfortunately.” PeopleWayKindProblemPoliticalPoliticsSocialAttentionResponsibilityHistoryPowerEconomicMilitaryHonestyConflictEconomicsDebtSocialismFrankProvokingTaxationConvenientInstabilityEconomic ProblemsDeflectingPolitical Instability Author:Vladimir Putin
“To "bear arms" is, in itself, a military term. One does not bear arms against a rabbit.” DoePoliticsTermMilitaryArmsBearsRabbits Author:Garry Wills
“A nation that will keep people in slavery for 244 years will "thingify" them and make them things. And therefore, they will exploit them and poor people generally economically. And a nation that will exploit economically will have to have foreign investments and everything else, and it will have to use its military might to protect them. All of these problems are tied together. What I'm saying today is that we must go from this convention and say, "America, you must be born again!"” PeopleYearsUseProblemWisdomMightTodayTogetherAmericaPoliticsNationsBornPoorEconomyMilitaryProtectSlaveryInvestmentLiberalismConventionsTiedPoor PeopleExploitsBorn Again Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.” SelfPoliticalPoliticsMilitaryBulletsTanksAircraftDodging Bullets Author:Dean Acheson
“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” InspirationalHandsOrderPoliticsDifficultChangeLeadershipFreedomDemocracyMilitaryDifficultyUncertainThings ChangeIntroductionDefendersChange ManagementLead InLukewarmTime For A ChangeTime And ChangeIncredulityCreating ChangeCulture ChangeBusiness ChangeManaging ChangeUncertain Future Book:The Prince Source: The Prince
“In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.” IfsReasonSeemsPoliticsMilitaryPoliticianConsiderationEthicalHonorableRetreatShameful Author:Mary McCarthy
“A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.” MenMadeImportantWarFightingPoliticsFreedomChanceLibertyMilitaryWillingCreaturesGunSafetySoldierConservativeMiserableCombatFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyExertionNo WarBeing FreeBearing ArmsInspirational MilitaryBetter ManCall Of DutyAmerican SoldierEternal VigilanceMilitary HistoryAmerican MilitaryFighting For FreedomPersonal LibertyUs MilitaryUgly ThingsMilitary ManWar VeteranMilitary SoldierSoldiers At WarMilitary OperationsMilitary MemorialHistorical MilitaryUnnecessary WarPersonal SafetySpecial OperationsCombat Veterans Author:John Stuart Mill