Quote:... it has a rank structure, it has standards of discipline, and a certain institutional culture.Reading that sentence while hearing a mention on the radio about the Pope's visit to Brazil made me remember that the Catholic Church also has a rank structure, standards of discipline, and a certain institutional culture... but nobody calls it "military."
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012