Quotes
Authors
Peter Padfield

"The reason territorial monarchs failed time after time against maritime powers was not that absolutist, non-consensual governments were incapable of building great fleets in peace - quite the reverse - but that they were unable to fund them in the crises of war. Mainly this was because they were forced to divert resources from the fleet to their armies, to fight territorial rivals frequently financed by their maritime enemy from the profits of sea trade."

-- Peter Padfield

#War Quotes #Army Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.”
“Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy. Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability. Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses: aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When we make a change, it's so easy to interpret our unsettledness as unhappiness, and our unhappiness as a result of having made the wrong decision. Our mental and emotional states fluctuate madly when we make big changes in our lives, and some days we could tight-rope across Manhattan, and other days we are too weary to clean our teeth. This is normal. This is natural. This is change.”
“Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.”
“Both candidates for president talk about balancing the budget ten years from now. Even if they win, they won't be in office then.”
“The idea of feeling displaced, and never feeling safe anywhere in the world, where you always feel like you're safer if you're over there, is not just my experience. If you went to Iran today or an Iranian came to America today, or the fact that there are bombs exploding everywhere, there's just a tremendous sense of fear and feeling a desire for security.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The first term of the Clinton administration was very jolly. Everybody was running around meeting people and of course, in the second term, everyone went down the black hole, which also happened at the end of the Reagan administration.”
“Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.”

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