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The future is our greatest adversary. We are a very backward-looking society, and as such, we are continually blindsided by the future.

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

What is certain about the future is that even the best efforts to predict the conditions of future war will prove erroneous. What is important, however, is to not be so far off the mark that visions of the future run counter to the very nature of war and render American forces unable to adapt to unforeseen challenges.

You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side.

If you begin to give people hope that there is a brighter future, there is a new tomorrow, then the people who were yesterday's terrorists become tomorrow's elected officials and they're part of the system.

When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat?

If we are to better the future we must disturb the present.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.