“Even if they'd known that an attack had just been struck by one of their parents, they'd also have known that it… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“When relationships fail it is usually because someone chooses not to show up for the battle.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Filming a story set in a war zone in the '60s was such a treat, as it gave me so much scope… — Jessie Buckley Copy Share Image
Is it not strange that mankind should so willingly battle for religion and so unwillingly live according to its precepts? — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Shakespeare set a lot of his dramas in a historical perspective or war perspective, or he would study what was going on… — Marcia Gay Harden Copy Share Image
If the primary ends up being a hard hitting, bloody battle, well so be it. Let's get ready for the general election — Steve Lonegan Copy Share Image
Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling one's pulse and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have always lived in Amsterdam. During the war, we inhabited the Rivieren neighborhood where many Jews lived at the time. Our… — Els Borst Copy Share Image
we made love on the living room floor with the noise in the background of a televised war and in that defeaning… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Lincoln was a modernizer, so to speak. He believed in economic development. As a Whig before the war he favored what we… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
I've been in that 'can't fail' position a lot. The first African American to be the vice chief of the Army; the… — Lloyd Austin Copy Share Image
Competition makes things come out right. Well, what does that mean in health care? More hospitals so they compete with each other.… — Donald Berwick Copy Share Image
All these wars, all these territories. For example, Macedonia is a disputed territory, and there are people directly to the west of… — Miroslav Penkov Copy Share Image
Lastly, the great uncertainty of all data in War is a peculiar difficulty, because all action must, to a certain extent, be… — Karl Von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
“Surely I've explained to you before how much I enjoy watching the battle between love and virtue.” — Vicomte de Valmont Copy Share Image
Let us start with the title of War and Cinema. The important part of the title is not War and Cinema. — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
When you're a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, 'Gee, I wouldn't want to be doing… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I believe careers should be judged independently unless there's a clear conflict of interest in a specific case. — John Fund Copy Share Image
The knowledge of the cross brings a conflict of interest between God who has become man and man who wishes to become… — Jürgen Moltmann Copy Share Image
The landmine is eternally prepared to take victims. In common parlance, it is the perfect soldier, the 'eternal sentry.' The war ends,… — Jody Williams Copy Share Image
If you look back at Greek mythology and even back before World War 1, every time a team would go out to… — Tristan Thompson Copy Share Image
I would rather have the United States as the world's policeman than the Soviet Union as the world's jailer. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
"Terrorism" is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; "war" is what we call the violence of… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
I'm just like this. I have no talent for choosing my battles. Life seems, strangely, like a battle to me. The whole… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
Most books, after all, are ephemeral; their specifics, several years later, inspire about as much interest as daily battle reports from the… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“Of course there is no veneer, the process is one of growth, and primitiveness and civilization are degrees of the same thing.… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
In the last war, people became vocal from the right-wing point of view: if you're liberal, then you're a traitor. — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
No matter how hard the battle gets or no matter how many people DON'T believe in your dream,Never give up! — Eric Thomas Copy Share Image
“My mother knew a man during the war. Theirs was a love story, and like any good love story, it left blood… — Mark Slouka Copy Share Image
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
The origin of the conflict, frustration, and anxiety we experience does not lie in the nature of the world itself but in… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
“Was it possible that Napoleon should have won that battle? We answer No. Why? Because of Wellington? Because of Blucher? No. Because… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Era un combate destinado a la derrota. Si yo no perdiera, el juego jamás acabaría, y un juego que no tiene fin… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
There's so much more to tell about Africa than the usual stories about war, famine and disease. — Komla Dumor Copy Share Image
If Afghanistan slides back into chaos and civil war it will drag Pakistan down with it, with five times the population and… — Michael Waltz Copy Share Image
“War on Drugs...will only be won when we point our thumbs at ourselves and ask the hard question: “How am I contributing… — David W Earle Copy Share Image
