"The United States particularly abandoned Liberia after the end of the Cold War."

-- Russell Banks

#War Quotes #United States Quotes #Cold Quotes

“Men are born to succeed, not to fail.”
“My, aren't we bossy today. Give a girl an army and it goes straight to her head.”

Source : Julie Kagawa (2011). “The Iron Queen”, p.280, Harlequin
“Like the canary in the coal mine, the climate changes already evident in the Arctic are a call to action.”
“The bottom line: If you want a happier family, bring those skeletons out of the closet.”
“Sportsmanship...what a load of crap, don't preach your morality to me. Steve Austin doesn't have any mercy... you want mercy? Take your *ss to church!”
“Everyone wins the marathon. We all have the same feeling at the start-nervous, anxious, excited. It is a broader, richer, and even with twenty-seven thousand people-more intimate experience than I found when racing in track. New York is the marathon that all the biggest stars want to win, but has also been the stage for an array of human stories more vast than any other sporting event.”
“I do think we are seeing the definition of what is a carrier changing. You can turn America-class amphibious assault ships into smaller, less expensive versions of carriers. You can equip surface ships like destroyers as well as submarines with not just missiles and torpedoes but drones than can do roles traditionally performed by carrier aircraft, like surveillance or even strike, such as finding and taking out opponents' missile batteries.”

Source : "Trump's Military Ignorance Steams Full Speed Ahead". Interview With Tobin Harshaw, www.bloomberg.com. May 15, 2017.
“Ideals are like the stars - you can't touch them with your hands, but by following them you reach your destination.”

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