Arjuna Ranatunga (1963) Sri Lankan cricketer
Daily News, "Sports Ministry must act with more responsibility - Arjuna Ranatunga" http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=2016/02/18/sports/sports-ministry-must-act-more-responsibility-arjuna-ranatunga, February 18, 2016.
Fidel Castro (1926–2016) former First Secretary of the Communist Party and President of Cuba
Ibid. p. 53
History Will Absolve Me (October 16th, 1953)
“Art is not made to decorate rooms. It is an offensive weapon in the defense against the enemy.”
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
La peinture n'est pas faite pour décorer des appartements. C'est un instrument de guerre offensive et défensive contre l'ennemi.
La pintura no se ha inventado para adornar las habitaciones. La pintura es un arma ofensiva, en la defensa contra el enemigo.
Les lettres françaises (1943-03-24).
Quotes, 1940's
Kirby Page (1890–1957) American clergyman
What Does God Want Us to Do About Russia? (1948)
Context: It is impossible to use an atomic bomb here to defend the population of our own city. Likewise we cannot use our bacterial weapons here in our own country. These weapons of annihilation must be used offensively. And against their use no effective defense is possible.
“The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.”
William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008) American conservative author and commentator
Windfall : The End of the Affair (1992).
Ernest King (1878–1956) United States Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations
King's predicted four phases of World War II for the United States and the Allies, made while conversing with reporters in Alexandria, Virginia on 30 November 1942. As quoted by Thomas B. Buell in his book Master of Sea Power: A Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King (1980), p. 265
1940s
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) American politician, 36th president of the United States (in office from 1963 to 1969)
Report on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx8-ffiYyzA (4 August 1964) <br class="br">1960s
“Changing from the defensive to the offensive, is one of the most delicate operations in war.”
Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930–2002) Dutch computer scientist
1970s, How do we tell truths that might hurt? (1975)
