#military

Blunders are an inescapable feature of war, because choice in military affairs lies generally between the bad and the worse. ↗

— Allan Massie

#bad #because #between #blunders #choice

Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. I'm interested in military history, for instance, because both my grandfathers fought in World War II. I'm interested in writing because one of those grandfathers wrote books. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#around #because #being #books #both

So when I got out of the military, I went back to school in biology, and earned a biology degree at the University of Texas, and then did some graduate work in it. ↗

— Elizabeth Moon

#back to school #biology #degree #did #earned

Promoting a record on a major label is like running a minor military campaign. ↗

— Robyn Hitchcock

#label #like #major #major label #military

So long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so will the temptation to threaten others with overwhelming military force. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#exist #force #long #military #military force

The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#between #carry #considerable #importance #matter

Our neighbor Canada has 2,200 troops serving in Afghanistan. Canada has also assumed responsibility for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar, which was originally established by our own military. ↗

— Tom Lantos

#also #assumed #canada #established #military

The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges. ↗

— Benazir Bhutto

#policies #privileges #protects #system #wants

I think they are paying a lot more attention to news now, by the way, in part because of national-security issues. A lot of young people have friends or family in the military today. ↗

— Tom Brokaw

#because #family #friends #i #i think

There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people. ↗

— Harry Browne

#atomic bombs #bombs #drop #influence #innocent