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		This experience actually means the very opposite: the largest military power was unable to stop such a sensitive attack and will be unable to rule out such a possibility in the future. Precisely this is the background to the United States' military interventions.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ulrich Beck
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colors for those who see none.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Olivier Messiaen
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I'm not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It's only me.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Vin Scully
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		South Korea first allowed women into the military in 1950 during the Korean War. Back then, female soldiers mainly held administrative and support positions. Women began to take on combat roles in the 1990s when the three military academies, exclusive to men, began accepting women.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Kim Young-ha
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Samantha Power
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		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
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		My biggest hobby is airsoft, which is similar to paintball. Essentially, it's military simulation, but the guns shoot plastic BBs. My friends and I go out in the woods or the desert and play all day long!
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Nathan Kress
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		(Recollection of what he was thinking to himself when confronted by the military): 'They want me out, they want me to abrogate the constitution and this is exactly what Speight wants and if they belong to Speight, I don’t belong to them.'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Kamisese Mara
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of anything in China or India. The politicians of antiquity exercised a political and military, if not economic, hegemony on the culture as a whole. The idea of democracy was first born and practised here.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Tariq Ali
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I'm not going to risk our precious military resources on an ineffective, unproductive mission.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Kevin Brady
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The Secret Service is a strange group. They don't really have a leader. It's not set up like a military. Each one is supposed to be able to act like a leader when something comes up.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Val Kilmer
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		They say military have the so-called 'secret intelligence' - this amount of intelligence must be very secret, since I've never seen any intelligent military person, nor I have seen any sense in the bloody stupid wars.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ozzy Osbourne
			
			
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		War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Zbigniew Brzezinski
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		New Age values are conscious evolution, a non-sectarian society, a non-military culture, global sharing, healing the environment, sustainable economies, self-determination, social justice, economic empowerment of the poor, love, compassion in action, going beyond religious fundamentalism, going beyond nationalism-extreme nationalism, culture.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Deepak Chopra
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I grew up in Cuba under a strong, military, oppressive dictatorship. So as a teenager, I found myself involved in a revolution. I remember during that time, a young, charismatic leader rose up, talking about hope and change. His name was Fidel Castro.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Rafael Cruz
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Barack Obama