War Quotes · Page 564

Success in war and preservation of a country's social framework as a purpose at least equal in importance to welfare of individuals.

— Simon Kuznets

For what we do training, as a fighter, you have to be able to flip that switch where you turn into that…

— Kamaru Usman

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the…

— David Mamet

The administration does not agree with those who suggest we should deploy hundreds of thousands of American troops to engage militarily in…

— Madeleine Albright

Post World War II America draws a great deal of interest, but the students also seem to know quite a bit about…

— Mohammad Marandi

The people who are slamming me have no idea about what it feels like to unjustly have a child killed in an…

— Cindy Sheehan

“You have to turn yourself into a warrior who engages in a battle as you go all out to achieve your goals.”

— Alex Dube

In fact, a rather striking aspect of business propaganda in the United States is the demonization of government, starting after the Second…

— Noam Chomsky

Yes and no. Because America has only about 1 percent of the population serving in the military, it is hard for many…

— Steve Stivers

I love songs about horses, railroads, land, Judgment Day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation,…

— Johnny Cash

Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain. Fancy giving money to the Government!…

— A. P. Herbert

Maybe more climate activists will think about the climate change not as an international problem to be resolved in an air-conditioned meeting…

— Jeff Goodell

“All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

Ho Kyuns poetry is in the tradition of his master, the incomparable Tu Fu, while remaining fully his own. Writing nine centuries…

— Sam Hamill

I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all that has been said…

— Abraham Lincoln

“themselves to remember the truth, and not the sentimentalities with which we all shield ourselves from the horrors of which we are…

— Doris Lessing

Any time the Western way of war can be unleashed on an enemy stupid enough to enter its arena, victory is assured.

— Victor Davis Hanson

I'll tell you what the danger is for Europe. It's carrying out a cold war against Russia and pushing Russia into China's…

— Marine Le Pen

“I live like a Nazi war criminal or a serial killer... like I have something to be ashamed of.”

— Elliott James

War is a programme which is run in order to make peace; but the trouble is when it is run, it makes…

— Vikrant Parsai

Being a Labour home secretary in the 21st century means fighting a constant battle against both extreme Right and Left.

— David Blunkett

In my 20 years as a photographer, covering conflicts from Bosnia to Gaza to Iraq to Afghanistan, injured civilians and soldiers have…

— Anja Niedringhaus

Hand over your responses to the man who triggers them, and you have already lost the battle for self. Look beyond, and…

— Richard K. Morgan

Memorial bracelets memorializing prisoners of war, missing in action, killed in action, and those who died of wounds or injuries sustained in…

— James F. Amos

Because conscription appeals to essentially no one, the United States has lived with the All-Volunteer Force since the end of the Vietnam…

— Jacob Weisberg

Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side.

— Mandy Patinkin

Monopoly and privilege must be destroyed, opportunity afforded, and competition encouraged. This is Liberty's work, and Down with Authority her war-cry.

— Benjamin Tucker

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.

— Benjamin Franklin

The strength of man sinks in the hour of trial; but there doth live a Power that to the battle girdeth the…

— Joanna Baillie

I remember seeing war hero Jimmy Doolittle fly a Gee Bee racer there. He was my childhood hero. Many years later, I…

— Wally Schirra

And we will win the war, and there will be costs. But the military folks understand that, and so do I, and…

— George W. Bush

“The Royal Navy had not built its magnificent reputation over the centuries by avoiding battle.”

— Arthur Nicholson

“Henry,that's how you get rid of fleas. You keep them from laying eggs. You go to war with them.”

— Jason Jack Miller

The (Iraq) war can only be won diplomatically, politically and economically, and the president needs to come to that realization,

— Harry Reid

A tyrant... is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

— Plato

Peace is the result of an inner state of harmony. It is not obtained by eliminating anything external, it is inside ourselves…

— Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

Today, the danger of some sort of a nuclear catastrophe is greater than it was during the Cold War, and most people…

— Noam Chomsky

The admiral needs only one science, that of navigation. The general needs all the sciences.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.

— Richard M. Nixon

The woman, in a battle of fists or guns, may not be as great a power as a man; but a woman…

— Irene Parlby