#military

I'm a Ronald Reagan conservative, I'm an economic conservative, I'm strong military. But I also voice and speak and work hard on the social issues. ↗

— Sam Brownback

#conservative #economic #hard #i #issues

In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#century #conflicts #depression #disgraced #dozen

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#allowed #always #away #guns #hell

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#like #looks #major #military #only

The economic and social problems would tend to become, like the military situation, more and more difficult as time went on and we became more and more isolated. ↗

— Eamon de Valera

#become #difficult #economic #isolated #like

I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67. That program got cancelled in '69 and NASA ended up taking half of us. ↗

— Robert Crippen

#back #called #cancelled #ended #got

I'm against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#believe #draft #effective #i #i believe

My job is to give the president and secretary of defense military advice before they know they need it. ↗

— John W. Vessey, Jr.

#before #defense #give #job #know

People don't understand rural America. Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#back #because #believe #give #got

Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#back #because #believe #give #got