War Quotes · Page 228

“War isn't about making history war is about breaking the present.”

— Christoforos Darbinian

Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves.

— Joseph Priestley

Wars are getting longer, they are more complex, and the humanitarian need is great.

— Peter Maurer

World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology, as a whole.

— Barry Commoner

There are more battles won through prayer than by any other means.

— Chuck Smith

I think the culture of Civil War re-enacting is also incredibly fascinating.

— Ed Helms

War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all.

— Faramir

Magneto's right: there is a war coming. Are you sure you're on the right side?

— Wolverine

“The war's [World War II] end has left America with loads of get-up-and-go, and no place to go. ”

— Barbara Kingsolver

Wars are not all evil, they are part of the grand machinery by which this world is governed.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

“You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.”

— Sun Tzu

If you delve into and a part of the political wars, the - as I would call it, the arguing ad infinitum.…

— Phil Robertson

When folks are in desperate times - say, like being stuck in the middle of a long-running interplanetary war - they grasp…

— Jim Starlin

“Words of war, on a piece of paper. Where peace is torn off, crumbled and toss in the waste basket.”

— Anthony Liccione

We're in a battle for our lives for things that really matter to us. There's a shell game going on like I've…

— Anonymous

When we fill our souls up with creativity, artistry and intelligence ...we have a better chance at avoiding the behavior that leads…

— Rick DellaRatta

Humans are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the more…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Of all the cares or concerns of government, the direction of war most peculiarly demands those qualities which distinguish the exercise of…

— Alexander Hamilton

“And in a more general context, after World War I, many air force leaders had come to see civilians as legitimate targets,…

— Geoffrey Jensen

People don't want children to know what they need to know. They want their kids to know what they ought to need…

— Nick Harkaway

“For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the…

— Joyce Meyer

“Our world is suffering from metastatic cancer. Stage 4. Racism has spread to nearly every part of the body politic, intersecting with…

— Ibram X. Kendi

I was raised in a house on the far South Side of Chicago, in a development erected on a landfill made from…

— Scott Spencer

Everybody in Germany was for the -German cause. But then, after the war ended, when I heard the first Glenn Miller sound…

— Luigi Colani

It is not that power corrupts but that power is a magnet to the corruptible.

— Frank Herbert

I think most conflicts do end with negotiated settlements; some don't, but most do.

— Richard Armitage

A goal is a planned conflict with the status quo.

— Hyrum W. Smith

The next battle being fought by e-commerce companies will be for customer loyalty.

— Priyanka Gill

It must now atone in blood for its complicity in wickedness.

— Abraham Lincoln

Poppies bleed petals of sheer excess. You and I, this sweet battle ground.

— Janet Fitch

“In times of war, the law falls silent. Silent enim leges inter arma ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“... but is it crime or an act of war?" Depends on who's telling the story ...”

— Lavie Tidhar

There is no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland.

— George W. Bush

“The world [...] an endless battle of contrasting memories.”

— Haruki Murakami

Certain blood will be given for half certain reasons, as in all wars.

— Saul Bellow

I began college during the Iraq War and initially wanted to be a foreign correspondent.

— Kasie Hunt

There is no war so important that to win it, we must destroy our minds.

— Greg Bear

In war, the army is not merely a pure consumer, but a negative producer...

— Lewis Mumford

Two things are always the same the dance and war.

— Gertrude Stein

Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.

— Ralph Peters