At 8:23 there seemed every chance of a lasting alliance starting between Florin and Guilder. At 8:24 the two nations were very… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
“The horrors of wars have shadowed our path in life. The soil of our land is saturated and soaked with the blood… — Widad Akreyi Copy Share Image
If ur going to have a war on drugs, have them against ALL drugs, including alcohol, the number one offender. — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Jeb Bush has being slammed by his own party for a very messy response to questions about his brother's war in Iraq.… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
There is no conflict between science and theology, except where there is bad science or bad theology. — Theodore Hesburgh Copy Share Image
“Relax now. That’s the beauty of war. Utter subservience to one’s leaders absolves a soldier of the consequences of her actions.” — Alan Campbell Copy Share Image
Nor should the U.S. military be forced to remain in Iraq essentially as an army for one side of a civil war. — Peter DeFazio Copy Share Image
“for Falasteen the boy i adored at sixteen gifted me his keffiyeh feeling guilty for living when others were killed simply for… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where… — Sheherazade Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“We are today engaged in a war. It is an economic war over our sovereignty as human beings with inalienable rights to… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
Our mission is to speak the truth to power. We send home that first rough draft of history. We can and do… — Marie Colvin Copy Share Image
One of the Christian fundamentalists' goals seems to be to rebuild the Temple, which means destroying the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which presumably means… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Well, then he would be at war with the government, and death was an unfortunate side effect of any revolution. Change always… — C.J. Hill Copy Share Image
“The historical periods I like to learn about aren’t so much costume dramas as slasher flicks. The French Revolution is a favorite… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
As a veteran of the diet wars, I think it's time to call a truce. Rather than hear experts argue, most people… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“I dare to speak to you. The first thing you should have known? Halíka Dacomé belongs to no man. Least of all… — Alexandra May Copy Share Image
When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is every citizen's… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
[Chelsea] Manning leaked more than 700,000 classified files and videos to WikiLeaks about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and U.S. foreign… — Amy Goodman Copy Share Image
Walking abroad, one is the admiration of all little boys, and meets an approving glance from every eye of elderly. — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image
Though we be active in the battle, if we are not fighting where the battle is the hottest, we are traitors to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquillity… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“We have shared the incommunicable experience of war, we have felt, we still feel, the passion of life to its top. In… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Copy Share Image
Stand-up used to be much more of a form combat. Heckling was much more common [in the '90s]. And I couldn't get… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“Britain, in the memorable phrase of another young State Department officer, “was like a soldier wounded in war who, now that the… — Charles L. Mee Jr Copy Share Image
There is, then, a link between the logistics of perception, the wars in Lebanon and the Gulf as well as with CNN… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang as when single; and a nation that makes an… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Robert used to tell me it is not the victory but why a man fights the battle which makes him a hero” — Paula Quinn Copy Share Image
The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“I won't let you spoil my war for me. Destroys the weak, does it? Well, what does peace do for'em, huh? War… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
For the FBI and for the United States, the war on terrorism is a complex and perplexing issue. It is as complex… — Robert Mueller Copy Share Image
The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone. — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
Nice teeth is a turn on for me. If you open your mouth and it looks like a battle of epic proportions,… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
If not in the interests of the state, do not act. If you cannot succeed, do not use troops. If you are… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given. — Kevin McCloud Copy Share Image
“He cringed to even consider his father and Celaena in a room together. Cringed, and then smiled, because that was a battle… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
I like to battle with defenders if I have to. I don't know where it comes from; I am not a nasty… — Vincent Janssen Copy Share Image