#orc

When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the forces when you authorize him to be able to use the forces. ↗

— Joe Biden

#authority #authorize #chief #commander #constitution

As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force as to turn it from a struggle into suicide. ↗

— Martin Van Creveld

#curb #deter #force #hiroshima #history

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#diplomatic #diplomatic relations #divorce #relations #resumption

With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew worse throughout the year, waged in part by soldiers of the disbanded army and in part by criminals who were released from prison. ↗

— John Spratt

#alone #army #confront #crime #crime rate

I was married for 18 years to a woman who wanted me to get sober for all 18 years and I never did. She finally came to her senses and divorced me. ↗

— Danny Bonaduce

#did #divorced #finally #get #her

No one who knows my personal situation would think I am not sympathetic to the needs of the active forces. ↗

— Kit Bond

#am #forces #i #i am #knows

One reason people get divorced is that they run out of gift ideas. ↗

— Robert Byrne

#get #gift #ideas #out #people

Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it. ↗

— Pierre Bonnard

#add #color #does #pleasant #quality

The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property away from the people who earn it and give it to people who do not. ↗

— Neal Boortz

#democratic #democratic party #earn #force #give

As the world's sole remaining super power and economic powerhouses, our nation's ability to be at the forefront of innovation and production has enabled unparalleled economic success of our nation's workforce. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

#economic #enabled #forefront #innovation #nation