John Boyd
John Boyd
revenge war lust
Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat.
rivals empires defeat
Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival.
country communication years
Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than a small European country was a hundred years ago.
civilization stimulus new-knowledge
Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new knowledge.
war airplane alternatives
As we have seen, the wireless and the airplane have made the world so small and nations so dependent on each other that the only alternative to war is the United States of the World.
years fifty lasts
In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years and given mankind greater powers over the forces of nature than the ancients ascribed to their gods.
thinking law civilization
If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving with the growth of knowledge from small wandering tribes to large settled law.
shot whoever
Whoever was on the grassy knoll in '63 shot better than we did.
agencies help navigate ourselves position
We've not really had a go-to person that can help us navigate ourselves through all these different agencies - that's what this position was for.
care deserve freedoms room taken veterans
W e have to make room for our veterans . W e should take care of them because they've taken care of us . I f we don't, we don't deserve the freedoms we have .
agreed bring enforcing form however means
However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with agreed international law and means of enforcing the law, is inevitable.
brought changes fall general increase knowledge principles rise social survived though
Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every increase in knowledge has brought about changes in the political, economic, and social structure.
empires fallen five internal last six thousand wars waxed
In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed powerful by wars of conquest, and fallen by internal revolution or attack from without.
canada capacity hundred increased last market outside production united war
During the last war when there was a market for everything that could be produced, the production capacity of Canada and the United States, which were outside the battle area, increased one hundred percent.