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Climate change is and will be a significant threat to our national security and in a larger sense to life on earth as we know it to be.

Climate change is and will be a significant threat to our national security and in a larger sense to life on earth as we know it to be.

Gordon R. Sullivan
Environmental, Earth, Climate
"Experts: Climate Change Threatens Peace" by Charles J. Hanley, www.foxnews.com. October 12, 2007.

We never have 100 percent certainty. We never have it. If you wait until you have 100 percent certainty, something bad is going to happen on the battlefield.

Gordon R. Sullivan
Waiting, Climate, Certainty

Hope is not a method.

Gordon R. Sullivan
Method
"Hope Is Not a Method: What Business Leaders Can Learn from America's Army". Book by Gordon R. Sullivan and Michael V. Harper, September 2, 1997.

People are saying that they want be convinced [about global warming], perfectly. They want to know the climate science projections with 100 per cent certainty. Well, we know a great deal and even with that there is still uncertainty. But the trend line is very clear. We never have 100 per cent certainty. We never have it. If you wait till you have 100 per cent certainty, something bad is going to happen on the battlefield. That's something we know. You have to act with incomplete information. You have to act based on the trend line.

Gordon R. Sullivan
People, Waiting, Environmental

If we want an all-volunteer force, the bottom line is that we're going to have to take care of these people who were willing to do what the bulk of people weren't willing to do. Going to war is dangerous - you can get killed doing it. And the question is, Are the American people willing to recognize the sacrifices of these young people?

Gordon R. Sullivan
War, Sacrifice, People
"Are Military Pensions Too 'Generous'?". www.foxnews.com. August 19, 2011.

Climate Change is a national security issue. We found that climate instability will lead to instability in geopolitics and impact American military operations around the world. People are saying they want to be perfectly convinced about climate science projections. But speaking as a soldier, we never have 100 percent certainty. If you wait until you have 100 percent certainty, something bad is going to happen on the battlefield.

Gordon R. Sullivan
Military, Issues, Impact

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