War Quotes · Page 435

When there is war, the poet lays down the lyre, the lawyer his law reports, the schoolboy his books.

— Mahatma Gandhi

There is a conflict in the Middle East between two entities, and they're both right, each in their own way.

— Reuven Rivlin

...to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Stand up for yourself and fight your own battles. A boss chick can always hold her own against anyone.

— Anonymous

Did it [cocaine] for about eight years. Not a terribly long time to be an addict I guess, but it is longer…

— Stephen King

If you look at the casualties, the federal government isn't waging a War on Coal. If anything, coal is waging a war…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Now all the youth of England are on fire, And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies; Now thrive the armorers, and honor's…

— William Shakespeare

The battle promises to be fought with bags of bagels and bran muffins, free beer and wine, expanded legroom, baggage closets and…

— Ralph Blumenthal

War alone, however anathema it may seem on principle to the pacifist contingent, can secure a reprieve for the tortured Iraqi people…

— Norah Vincent

“I wish you could simply extirpate violence and war from the world, abolish all the armed forces, and destroy all the bombs.…

— Jón Gnarr

We need to make sure that whenever we're engaging in a cyber-warfare campaign, a cyber-espionage campaign in the United States, that we…

— Edward Snowden

War should always be the absolute last resort. That's why these crippling sanctions, which Bibi Netanyahu says we should continue, which, if…

— Joe Biden

I broke down while at Oxford, was rejected by a record number of medical tribunals during the War, and finally got permission…

— Leonard Alfred George Strong

What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend…

— Julian Assange

If civilization is to survive, the principles of the Prince of Peace must be restored. Shattered trust between nations must be revived.…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

A huge national security state has developed in the United States since World War II. Its function is to buttress anticommunist, procapitalist…

— Michael Parenti

Economics brings into view that conflict of choice is one of the permanent characteristics of human existence.

— Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins

“I would rather make love than war, but only because condoms kill millions of lives more enjoyably.”

— Jarod Kintz

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led…

— Alexander the Great

What is our vision on this earth - war to the end of all generations and life by the sword?

— Moshe Sharett

What is of the greatest importance in war is extraordinary speed: One cannot afford to neglect opportunity.

— Sun Tzu

I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be…

— Harmon Killebrew

If I had my way, this war would never have been commenced. If I had been allowed my way this war would…

— Abraham Lincoln

Peace is more than simply the absence of war; it is the absence of conditions that give rise to war.

— Ron Dellums

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.

— Cesar Chavez

“‎"The days are hot and the dead lie unburied. We cannot fetch them all in, if we did we should not know…

— Enrich M. Remarque

As a historical legacy, the Kashmir conflict has been an outstanding issue for more than half a century.

— Li Peng

So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government; and so to resist…

— Abraham Lincoln

I think that's what the war photography did for me. It showed me the human side of people and how certain circumstances…

— Jamel Shabazz

“My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger" -…

— Sherry Marie Gallagher

Being a warrior is not about the act of fighting. It's about the ability, courage, and commitment to end the war within…

— Richard Machowicz

“If England wants a happy, well-fed aristocracy, she mustn't have wars. She can't have it both ways.”

— P G Wodehouse

Fight for all you know When your backs against the wall Stand against the liars Stronger than before When your life becomes…

— Andy Biersack

“They stood frozen in place, a breath away from each other and afraid to move in either direction. A war waged within.”

— Heather Huffman

Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.

— Ludwig von Mises

A state that calculates that using a weapon or tactic of war is in its interest will generally find a way to…

— Tom Malinowski

“Beckett removed her hand. “Go up there with my brother. Don’t fight my battles for me, Livia.”

— Debra Anastasia

The environmental movement doesn't have many deserters and has a high level of recruitment. Eventually, there will be open war.

— Paul Watson

Everyone has the right to practice their religion, to worship as they choose. My war is against Islamic fundamentalism.

— Marine Le Pen

Societies can easily talk themselves into conflict and misery. But they can also talk, and act, their way out.

— Geoff Mulgan