“Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic. ... This is the only way to become a great general and master the secrets of the art of war.” WayArtWarSecretMilitaryMastersCampaignsArt Of WarTotal War Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“The secret of war lies in the communications.” WarLyingSecretMilitaryCommunication Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile.” MenWayImportantSecretMilitaryProduceTortureCustomsWorthwhileBeaten Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“The word 'security' is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment. The guarding of military and diplomatic secrets at the expense of informed representative government provides no real security.” ShouldFirstsRealGovernmentLawSecretSecurityMilitaryFundamentalsExpensesBroadsAmendmentsRepresentativesVagueFirst AmendmentDiplomaticGeneralitiesGuardingRepresentative Government Author:Hugo Black
“Teller contended, not implausibly, that hydrogen bombs keep the peace, or at least prevent thermonuclear war, because the consequences of warfare between nuclear powers are now too dangerous. We haven't had a nuclear war yet, have we? But all such arguments assume that the nuclear-armed nations are and always will be, without exception, rational actors, and that bouts of anger and revenge and madness will never overtake their leaders (or military and secret police officers in charge of nuclear weapons). In the century of Hitler and Stalin, this seems ingenuous.” WarSeemsActorsNationsSecretLeaderCenturyMilitaryDangerousHavensWeaponsConsequenceArgumentMadnessPoliceAssumingRevengeNuclearRationalBombsExceptionOfficersNuclear WeaponsWarfarePolice OfficerNuclear WarHydrogenNuclear PowerSecret PoliceHydrogen Bomb Author:Carl Sagan
“The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.” SuccessLyingSecretMilitaryVictoryOrganizationPhilosophicalObviousBad AssEffectiveness Author:Marcus Aurelius
“Despite the creations of new sections, secret intelligence activity remained mistrusted and neglected in military circles, although there were a few enthusiasts like Baden-Powell, who went on foreign trips disguised as a butterfly collector and regarded spying as sport.” SportsSecretMilitaryCreationActivityCirclesDespiteButterflySectionsNeglectedCollectorsSecret Intelligence Book:Secrecy in Britain Source: Secrecy in Britain
“Nobody can ever learn our military's secrets - unless, you know, they happen to have the Discovery Channel. Then, it's pretty easy, just tune in for a few minutes.” KnowsHappensEasySecretMinutesMilitaryDiscoveryTunes Author:Arj Barker