“One of the reasons not to have a big long war with your traditional enemy is that you’re not thinking about the… — Gary Brecher Copy Share Image
Practically every violent conflict or social change has proved that violence unleashes violence in return. — Petra Kelly Copy Share Image
If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Even in waging war, cherish the spirit of peace-maker; that, by conquering those whom you attack, you may lead them back to… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Nowadays, the tragedy of war is mediated through technology. It is no longer mediated through a human being with moral responsibilities. — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
The inevitableness, the idealism, and the blessing of war, as an indispensable and stimulating law of development, must be repeatedly emphasized. — Friedrich von Bernhardi Copy Share Image
A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
We are in conflict with the world; otherwise, there would be no necessity to put forth tremendous effort to meet the world… — Krishnananda Saraswati Copy Share Image
“The origins of the name Warspite are not clear but the most popular theory is that it was a compound creation –… — Iain Ballantyne Copy Share Image
“In the trenches of the First World War, English men came to love one another decently, without shame or make-believe, under the… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
You have to keep listening and thinking and being critical and self-critical. Remember General Nivelle, in the First World War, at Verdun?… — H. R. McMaster Copy Share Image
I'm as guilty as anyone, because I helped to herald the digital era with Jurassic Park. But the danger is that it… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I believe the world, and particularly the Judeo-Christian West, is in a crisis. And it is a crisis of - both of… — Stephen K. Bannon Copy Share Image
“The idea of different countries and nationalities was purely an invention of the human mind handed down from one generation to the… — Christopher Dines Copy Share Image
People say, on the raft, you must have hallucinated. Baloney. We were sharper after 47 days than the day we started because… — Louis Zamperini Copy Share Image
If surrender could have been brought about in May, 1945, or even in June or July, before the entrance of Soviet Russia… — Joseph Grew Copy Share Image
“Cassian had been teaching me these weeks about how to feel out an opponent—what were her words but the opening movements in… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor's will and call it peace. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
My fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended." Under the banner "Mission Accomplished. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about Afghanistan before the Soviet war because that is largely a forgotten period in modern Afghan history. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the USA and China. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The case against vivisection is the same as that against war and all other forms of cruelty - that violence does not… — Jon Wynne-Tyson Copy Share Image
I loved my childhood. They had the coolest toys back then. Star Wars, Transformers, laser-tag gun sets. Toy companies have really gone… — Jon Heder Copy Share Image
When you stop all thought, the battle is won. Everything is still and peaceful. You will come to see the eternal voidness… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think with Shakespeare you can be required to do absolutely anything at the turn of a sixpence - suddenly you go… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
It's good to focus on the universal suffering that goes on in any war. Whatever the right and wrongs of the war,… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Wars are the hobbies of half-informed children who have somehow come into possession of the levers of power. — Fred Reed Copy Share Image
If we don't stop behaving like the British Empire, we will end up like the British Empire. — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
I finished this podcast about the Iraq War that was really good called 'Blowback' - I just really like white people telling… — Ayo Edebiri Copy Share Image
Wait, I got it. We, uh, won the battle and lost the war, or was it the other way around? 'Cause around… — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
“Far from shocking the rulers of Europe, the war that erupted in August 1914 was widely anticipated, rigorously rehearsed, immensely resourced and… — Paul Ham Copy Share Image
The girls here are falling apart and fast asleep...While the boys are playing Modern Warfare and partying hard. Boys still drool. — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
So, I mean, what's it like being old? It's gotta be weird, right? I mean, you saw a lotta stuff go down.… — Nick Swardson Copy Share Image
The Civil War created in this country what had never existed before - a national consciousness. It was not the salvation of… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Are we defending life when we just pick and choose lives acceptable to lose and which ones to defend? — Derek Webb Copy Share Image
Compared to Americans, Canadians are often more gentle in their approach to things. They're much more apologetic. There's less room for conflict. — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
“This wasn’t making love. This wasn’t even fucking. This was war. And hell it felt good.” — Pepper Winters Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image