Once we have a
Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war. Ernest Hemingway
Military Force
It has been very
It has been very humbling and gratifying to have these men as our role models. Your generation enabled America to close out the twentieth century as the greatest nation in the history of mankind, the only remaining superpower, the world’s leading economy and the world’s most respected and feared military force in the world – … Read more
It is one of
It is one of history’s most mocking ironies that the German customs union, which set out to dominate Europe and conquer Britain in the form of Bismarckian or Hitlerian military force, has at last vanquished the victor by drawing Britain into a Zollverein which comprises Western Europe and aspires to comprise the Mediterranean as well. … Read more
The pathos of it
The pathos of it all is that the America which is to be protected by a huge military force is not the America of the people, but that of the privileged class. Emma Goldman
We should never allow
We should never allow computers to make inherently governmental decisions in terms of the application of military force, even if that’s happening on the internet. Edward Snowden
[A] military force was
[A] military force was collected in Europe, formidable by their arms and numbers, if the generals had understood the science of command, and the soldiers the duty of obedience. Edward Gibbon
Germany is too big
Germany is too big to sit on the sidelines on world issues. Military force is not the ultima ratio it used to be, but it can be used, with care. Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Whoever said the pen
Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons. Douglas MacArthur
We need, from time
We need, from time to time, to use military force or all of the resources at our command in order to defend the nation and defend our friends. Sometimes, that requires us to take actions that generate controversy. I think there are probably some who actually believe, if we just go talk nice to these … Read more
If we have reason
If we have reason to believe someone is preparing an attack against the U.S., has developed that capability, harbours those aspirations, then I think the U.S. is justified in dealing with that, if necessary, by military force. Dick Cheney