"The function of combat is not merely to……" — Jim Webb

"The function of combat is not merely to perpetrate violence, but to perpetrate violence on command, instantaneously and reflexively. The function of the service academies is to prepare men for leadership positions where they may someday exercise that command."

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There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for… — Charles Babbage
Academies that are founded at public expense are instituted not so much to cultivate men's natural abilities as to restrain… — Baruch Spinoza
In all our academies we attempt far too much. ... In earlier times lectures were delivered upon chemistry and botany… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every nation has its prestigious military academies - or so few of them - that reach not only the virtues… — Elie Wiesel
Every climate scientist has his or her own views on some issues that differ from the mainstream in detail. But… — Ross Garnaut
Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights. — John Charles Polanyi
So many people around the world have used nonviolence as a way to resolve a conflict that they faced in… — Arun Manilal Gandhi
Art is not to be taught in Academies. It is what one looks at, not what one listens to, that… — Oscar Wilde
Furnished as all Europe now is with Academies of Science, with nice instruments and the spirit of experiment, the progress… — Benjamin Franklin
The Academies of Art are nothing but great painting factories - those with talent are fed in at one end,… — Edvard Munch
The public is the tribunal before which all art is judged - not the critics or the academies. The public… — Walter J. Phillips
A whole generation of veteran composers has never taken a stand or provided an example and has produced in the… — Itay Talgam

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