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
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
“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
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
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
On Decoration Day, while everyone else in town was at the cemetery decorating the graves of our Glorious War Dead, Willie Beaner… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
“We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive… — Karl R. Popper Copy Share Image
It's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White House with Kennedy, and when we finally… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“The single biggest barrier to getting men to look within is that what any other group would call powerlessness, men have been… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
The U.S. Bill of Rights is being steadily eroded, with two million telephone calls tapped, 30 million workers under electronic surveillance, and,… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
A strategic plan based on the over-all situation of both belligerents is ... more stable, but it too is applicable only in… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
“Gandalf did not move. And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Still another danger is represented by those who, paying lip service to democracy and the common welfare, in their insatiable greed for… — Henry A. Wallace 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
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 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
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
“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
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
“This wasn’t making love. This wasn’t even fucking. This was war. And hell it felt good.” — Pepper Winters 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
Are we defending life when we just pick and choose lives acceptable to lose and which ones to defend? — Derek Webb 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
Our adversaries must see diplomacy as their best option because war with the United States will force them to bear enormous costs. — Mark Esper Copy Share Image
Reconciliation with our enemies is simply a desire to better our condition, a weariness of war, or the fear of some unlucky… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Step by step, heart to heart, left right left We all fall down like toy soldiers Bit by bit, torn apart, we… — Eminem Copy Share Image
Going onstage is like going into battle. You're ultimately there to win. It's driven and fuelled by passion and a desire to… — Keith Flint Copy Share Image
And of course there is so much of World War II that is documented that we never have seen — Oliver North Copy Share Image
I was a federal public defender during the most important years of the drug war. I saw people go to jail for… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
And I'm a slow writer: five, six hundred words is a good day. That's the reason it took me 20 years to… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
“The best teachers seem to acknowledge the conflict between their vocations, reach some kind of internal compromise, and go on.” — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I've lived in Egypt among Christians and Muslims, and we never had a conflict. Now you have a conflict between Christians and… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
“Do you think that they, with their Battles, Famine, Black Death and Serfdom, were less enlightened than we are, with our Wars,… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“The adjacent shores resounded with the alternate shouts of the sons of liberty and the groans of their parting spirits.” — William Apess Copy Share Image
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