“Until the battle with the Revanche he hadn’t thought he would ever tire of gazing at the horizon. Only since then had… — Suzanne Enoch Copy Share Image
“It was harder for the ones who were waiting, Annemarie knew. Less danger, perhaps, but more fear.” — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Even with the best intentions, you can have a nuclear war, a nuclear holocaust, through miscalculation, through accidents. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
Conflict is the primary engine of creativity and innovation. People don't learn by staring into a mirror; people learn by encountering difference. — Ronald A. Heifetz Copy Share Image
If we wish to substitute for war the settlement of disputes by justice, we must first substitute for the condition of international… — Alfred Hermann Fried Copy Share Image
Afghanistan and Iraq were lumped together in what was called a 'global war on terrorism.' — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
“Success in such a war as this comes only through men sewn to a single purpose, funnelled to a single spear thrust… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
“War is the extreme edge of capitalism: an economic system so designed that it is always tipped in balance so that the… — Patricia J. McLean Copy Share Image
“This was indeed the case in the following two and a half decades, ending in the later 1940s, when the forced expulsion… — Robert Gerwarth Copy Share Image
“the optimism, the boundless confidence of a society that had not yet seen or imagined the world wars, the belief that humankind… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
I was called up in the war and sent to a hospital. I dressed wounds, applied iodine, gave enemas, did blood transfusions.… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
“Some of us give up[…] with only a resigned sigh. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others—and I am one… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
My dad has always been such a great dad, and he's brought so much culture to my life. He dragged me to… — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
It is a dreadful thing to see the dead city. Next to the port I found children, women, the old, waiting for… — Golda Meir Copy Share Image
There is a cheap literature that speaks to us of the need of escape. It is true that when we travel we… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
I always loved stage combat at drama school so I can't wait to get on set and kick some evil monsters into… — Pearl Mackie Copy Share Image
“Everybody thinks you should be happy just because you're young. They don't see the wars that we fight every single day. And… — The Freedom Writers Copy Share Image
“It can. If you’re willing to do the work.” “What work?” “Not letting the world destroy you. That’s a daily battle.” — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defence can actually be just. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Under Lenin the Soviet Union was like a religious revival, under Stalin like a prison, under Khrushchev like a circus, and under… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The thing is, wrestling is the oldest form of combat known. The cavemen wrestled. And everyone in the American public can understand… — Jim Cornette Copy Share Image
Whenever there is a conflict between precept and example, the latter wins because deeds speak louder than our words. — Sergey Kirov Copy Share Image
“There's an end to all truth now that the war's over. We've seen too much. The conjurers and cardsharpers have given away… — Jerzy Andrzejewski Copy Share Image
When there are no conflicts In you, between material wealth and spiritual life, you have found yourself. — Ruben Papian Copy Share Image
I ran in 2006 as an opponent of the Iraq War, and I came to Congress to change overreliance on U.S. military… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
Perhaps wars weren't won anymore. Maybe they went on forever. Maybe it was another Hundred Years' War. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
We did not go to war in Afghanistan or in Iraq to, quote, 'impose democracy.' We went to war in both places… — Paul Wolfowitz Copy Share Image
It was rather a cessation of war than a beginning of peace. [Lat., Bellum magis desierat, quam pax coeperat.] — Tacitus Copy Share Image
According to some liberation theologians atheism is not the cause of the conflict between Christianity and Marxism, but is rather the link… — Ernesto Cardenal Copy Share Image
War may be the game of kings, but, like the games at ancient Rome, it is generally exhibited to please and pacify… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
“The real warfare of mankind is eternal struggle to earn higher rank in the pyramid of food chain.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish a woman for a purely moral reason — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy. — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are. — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
To me war is something to be outgrown, recognized as immature, wasteful, and so destructive to life that human beings should shun… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Understanding future warfare is the most important responsibility of those who must defend a nation from future enemies! — Perry M Smith Copy Share Image
I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war. — Tammy Duckworth Copy Share Image
Our brave men and women in uniform, tempered by the flames of battle, are unmatched in skill and courage. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image