Quotes about "War & Peace"

The trick in nuclear strategy is to maintain stability by balancing potentials and thus to discourage events from converting the hypothetical to the actual. ”

In American military cemeteries all over the world, seemingly endless rows of whitened grave markers stand largely unvisited and in silence. The gardeners tend the lawns, one section at a time. Even at the famous sites, tourism is inconstant. ”

Over time, many CEOs realize that being able to quickly and effectively confront conflict in their company is a leadership opportunity because people's respect often rises and falls on whether their leader deals with conflict head on or avoids dealing with it. ”

More often than not, CEOs are conflict-avoidant because their role is to define vision and strategy than it is to get into confrontations with negative and toxic people which they can't stand. ”

It is an honor of a lifetime to be appointed secretary of defense and to lead the greatest military in history. ”

Our adversaries must see diplomacy as their best option because war with the United States will force them to bear enormous costs. ”

Together, we will remain the most ready and capable military force in the world, which is what our nation expects and deserves. ”

The National Defense Strategy remains our guiding document, and everything we do should support its stated objectives. ”

One of the key challenges the military has faced - and the Army, in particular - is defining our requirements and keeping them stable. ”

Now, 'high-intensity conflict' is a fancy word for saying tanks on tanks, aircraft shooting each other out of the sky, a great deal of violence at a level we haven't seen since probably the Korean War or World War II, where you have big armies facing off against one another. ”