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Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property. When government-- in pursuit of good intentions tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.
― Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman
Motivation
Military
Loss
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Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there.
― Victor H. Krulak
Victor H. Krulak
Motivational
Military
Marine
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The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.
― Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Art
Peace
Military
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Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.
― Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Military
War
Mean
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Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.
― Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Military
War
Fiction
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These are the strategic dialectics of anti-imperialist struggle: through the defensive reactions of the system, the escalation of counterrevolution, the transformation of the political martial law into military martial law, the enemy betrays himself, becomes visible.
― Ulrike Meinhof
Ulrike Meinhof
Military
Struggle
Law
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America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for.
― Sarah Palin
Military
Apology
Men
Sarah Palin