“We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy.” NeedsSaidMilitaryPolicyElitesForeign Policy Author:Ron Paul
“I don't want to go into space because of war. I think we would if it was triggered. If China said they want to put military bases on Mars, we'd be at Mars in two years. That would be quick. I don't want that to be the reason.” IfsThinkingWantYearsSaidTwoWarReasonWould BeSpaceMilitaryBasesChinaTwo YearsMarsMilitary Bases Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“New Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said that he is open to letting transgender people serve in the military. He said there's no reason to prevent people from being generals just because of their privates.” PeopleSaidReasonMilitaryDefenseNo ReasonSecretaryTransgenderCarter Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Medieval England was a great military power with a sophisticated machinery of government, but her naval administration, at best improvised and for long periods missing altogether, pointed to a grave weakness: the lack of any reliable means of putting a force of warships at the disposal of the crown. Only Richard I and Henry V of all the kings of England can be said to have understood the problem and attempted to remedy it. It is no coincidence that they wer by far the most successful in war.” MeanLongSaidWarProblemGovernmentForceSuccessfulMilitaryMissingKingsPeriodsUnderstoodWeaknessEnglandGravesAdministrationRemedyCrownsSophisticatedCoincidenceMachineryMedievalNavalMilitary PowerGreat MilitaryHenry VWarships Author:Nicholas Rodger
“I hope that the outside world will realise that Hitler's government has no idea of steering towards war, even though this has often been asserted abroad. As Adolf Hitler himself has said, Germany has no need of another war to avenge the loss of her military honour, because she never lost that honour. Germany does not want war of any kind. Germany wants real and abiding peace.” WorldWantNeedsKindDoeSaidIdeasWarRealGovernmentLostLossMilitaryNo IdeaGermanyHonourRealisingAbidingOutside WorldSteering Author:Rudolf Hess