“People are constantly applying double standards. Take the United States, for example. Washington wants the whole world to admire the country for its democracy. Then the government sends out its army, in the name of this democracy, and leaves behind the kind of chaos we see in Iraq.” PeopleWorldWantKindCountryStatesWholeGovernmentNamesUnitedBehindsUnited StatesDemocracyExampleStandardsArmyChaosIraqWhole WorldAdmireDouble Standard Author:Jacob Zuma
“Every friend of freedom... must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the United States into an armed camp, by the vision of jails filled with casual drug users and of an army of enforcers empowered to invade the liberty of citizens on slight evidence.” StatesUnitedLibertyVisionUnited StatesCitizensDrugEvidenceArmyFilledLibertarianAlcoholJailCampsUsersLibertarianismEmpoweredCasualFreedom And LibertyProhibitionFreedom LibertyDrug ProhibitionArmed Citizens Author:Milton Friedman
“In times of crisis our nation depends on the courage and determination of the Guard. You know the call of active duty can come at any time. You stand ready to put your lives on hold and answer that call, ... And you did so because you love your state and your country. America appreciates your courageous decision to serve. Together with your comrades in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Reserves, you are showing that patriotism is alive and well in Idaho and throughout the United States.” KnowsWellsCountryStatesTogetherAmericaForceNationsDecisionAnswersUnitedUnited StatesCourageAliveAirLove YouReadyDutyDependsDeterminationAppreciateArmyCrisisActiveCourageousReservesNavyMarineComradeAir ForceIdahoAppreciate YouTimes Of CrisisCourage And DeterminationArmy NavyCourageous Decisions Author:George H. W. Bush
“My next book is also set in the eighteenth century. It's about the Revolution, with the focus on the year 1776. It's about Washington and the army and the war. It's the nadir, the low point of the United States of America.” YearsBookWarStatesAmericaNextUnitedUnited StatesFocusCenturyRevolutionLowsArmyUnited States Of AmericaNadirLow Points Author:David McCullough
“The United States has been ambiguous on the current situation in Nepal. They have not actually come out very strongly in terms of pushing the king to take measures on the detentions or abuses by the army. China continues to provide military equipment.” Has BeensStatesTermUnitedSituationUnited StatesMilitaryKingsAbuseArmyCurrentsChinaPushingVery StrongEquipmentAmbiguityAmbiguousNepalDetentionCurrent SituationMilitary Equipment Author:Irene Khan
“Hollywood is a very male business, and it has in vast portions of it - the whole action movie part of it might as well be the United States Army in 1943 in that the ethics of it are, you know, boot camp and action movies and guns and explosions and all the rest of it, and that - so that means that about 50% of the business is not only pretty much closed off to women, but women don't even wanna be in it!” KnowsWellsMeanStatesWholeMightActionUnitedUnited StatesEthicsGunHollywoodArmyMalesCampsBootsPortionsExplosionsAction MovieBoot CampUnited States Army Author:Nora Ephron
“I have grown up with guns all my life, but people who like assault weapons they should join the United States Army, we have them.” PeopleShouldStatesUnitedUnited StatesWeaponsGunArmyAssaultAssault WeaponsUnited States Army Author:Wesley Clark
“Offensive realism predicts that the United States will send its army across the Atlantic when there is a potential hegemon in Europe that the local great powers cannot contain by themselves.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesEuropeArmyLocalsRealismOffensiveGreat Power Author:John Mearsheimer
“I spent four years in the United States Army between 1985 and 1989, and I certainly learned how to survive out in the woods.” YearsStatesUnitedUnited StatesFourArmyWoodsFour YearsUnited States Army Author:Chad Coleman
“After a short period spent in Brussels as a guest of a neurological institute, I returned to Turin on the verge of the invasion of Belgium by the German army, Spring 1940, to join my family. The two alternatives left then to us were either to emigrate to the United States, or to pursue some activity that needed neither support nor connection with the outside Aryan world where we lived. My family chose this second alternative. I then decided to build a small research unit at home and installed it in my bedroom.” WorldTwoStatesHomeLeftUnitedUnited StatesSupportNeededPeriodsActivitySpringResearchMy FamilyConnectionsDecidedArmyPursueAlternativesGuestsBedroomUnitsAutobiographyInvasionInstituteVergeBelgiumBrussels Author:Rita Levi-Montalcini
“The United States military is now using the music of Metallica and other heavy metal bands to break the will of Saddam Hussein supporters to get them to talk. Theyre blaring heavy metal music at them. That should make the artist feel pretty good, huh? Put your heart and soul into your last CD and the Army is using it to torture people.” PeopleFeelsShouldHeartSoulStatesLastsArtistUnitedBreakUnited StatesMilitaryBandArmyHeavyTortureMetalsSupporterSaddamHusseinHeart And SoulCdsHeavy MetalMetallicaUnited States MilitaryMetal BandMetal MusicHeavy Metal Music Author:Jay Leno
“In Brazil there are more Avon ladies than members of the army. In the United States more money is spent on beauty than on education or social services.” StatesSocialUnitedBeautyUnited StatesMembersArmyPrioritiesMore MoneyBrazilSocial ServiceAvon Book:Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty Source: Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty
“Statues and children frame the Eiffel Tower and its watery image. When the Germans occupied Paris, they housed a beacon light in the Tower to guide their night planes. The victorious United States Army requisitioned this landmark as a radar transmission point.” ChildrenStatesLightNightUnitedUnited StatesArmyGuidesPlanesParisTowersStatuesRadarTransmissionBeaconsLandmarksEiffel TowerEiffelUnited States Army Author:Maynard Owen Williams
“I never had the chance to decide; I was drafted to serve my nation. While I received a deferment to attend school, I ultimately served in the United States Army in the years following the Korean conflict.” YearsStatesSchoolNationsChanceUnitedUnited StatesConflictArmyFollowingKoreanUnited States Army Author:Don Young
“The women of the United States are nothing but brood sows, having sons to be put into the army and made into fertilizer.” MadeStatesUnitedUnited StatesSonArmyFertilizerHaving A Son Author:Kate Richards O'Hare
“After being thrown out of the house, four schools and the United States Army, I discovered that I was on the right track.” StatesSchoolHouseUnitedUnited StatesFourArmyTrackThrownRight TrackUnited States Army Author:Robert Downey, Sr.
“Many of the fights that are going on are not ones that the United States has either started or have a role in. The Shia-- Sunni split, the dictatorships that have suppressed people's aspirations, the increasing globalization without any real safety valve for people to have a better life. We saw that in Egypt. We saw a dictator overthrown, we saw Muslim Brotherhood president installed and then we saw him ousted and the army back.” PeopleRealStatesFightingPresidentUnitedRolesUnited StatesSawsArmySafetyAspirationBrotherhoodSplitsDictatorshipDictatorEgyptGlobalizationBetter LifeValveMuslim Brotherhood Author:Hillary Clinton