I am beginning to rub my eyes at the prospect of peace. I think it will require more courage than anything that… — Cynthia Asquith Copy Share Image
“Years after the war, after marriages, children, divorces, books, he came to Paris with his wife. He phoned her. It's me. She… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of… — John Hume Copy Share Image
I declare that civil war is inevitable and is near at hand. When it comes the descendants of the heroes of Lexington… — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
The redeeming feature of war is that it puts a nation to the test. As exposure to the atmosphere reduces all mummies… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“Aye, she thought, women must ever wait and steel their hearts against loneliness and fear; and the men would go riding out… — Jan Cox Speas Copy Share Image
Donald Trump very clearly said America first. That is a traditional right wing, but also very isolationist. That takes us back to… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
“But Willa Faye and me, not a war about it between us. It bonded us. Branded us as best friends. Because I… — Karen White Copy Share Image
If you look at human society, it is very easy, of course, to compare our warfare and territoriality with the chimpanzee. But… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
It's worth pointing out that conflicts between racially oppressed people often result from the fact that colonialism worked on divide and rule.… — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
Only the story can continue beyond the war and the warrior. The story outlives the sound of the war drum... The story… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
We should fulfill the Minsk Protocol. The main reason for the sanctions is that Russia broke a taboo: It triggered a war… — Alexei Navalny Copy Share Image
“One example of an uniquely Sethian approach towards initiation is for the initiate to regard his or her own life with the… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Dogmas take endless forms, and when you can persuade different people to hold opposing dogmas, the manipulation of conflict and control through… — David Icke Copy Share Image
There are five options in war: fight, defend, flee, surrender, or die. You have proven inept at the first two, and now… — Sima Yi Copy Share Image
Critics of the war plans (including myself) have pointed to the disastrous political results that must be expected: Iraq would break into… — Uri Avnery Copy Share Image
“Do not pretend, Lucius. You wish the battle to cease so that you can discover what has happened to your son. And… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Governments, existing primarily to protect and enhance capitalism, maintain their power through the use of technologies that control the populace - by… — Kirkpatrick Sale Copy Share Image
I've always had the fantasy of doing a boot camp for a military film, at some point. I've always wanted to know… — Seth Gabel Copy Share Image
“From the outset, the drug war could have been waged primarily in overwhelmingly white suburbs or on college campuses. SWAT teams could… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Prayer by its nature is communion and union of man with God; by its action it is the reconciliation of man with… — Ignatius Bryanchaninov Copy Share Image
“It is so tempting to blame those with whom we are in conflict. Who started the argument, after all, if it wasn’t… — William Ury Copy Share Image
Everything I've ever been a fan of, whether it's Star Wars or the New York Jets, I've also been very hard on… — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
A scientist's life, the author says, is indeed conflictual, formed by battles, defeats, and victories: but the adversary is always and only… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
Don't kid yourself. President Obama's decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before he stands for reelection is not driven by the… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
What have the masses been clamoring for? Jobs and welfare, and they got 'em. They've also got unions and managements like two… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
“To me, war is like the new boss who expects the impossible. He stands over your shoulder repeating one thing, incessantly: “Get… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I must say that when I first learned of the existence of the Australian Greenhouse Office, I assumed it was responsible for… — Nick Minchin Copy Share Image
I think we continually need to understand how important an event the war was - how defining, how central to who we… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
I was one of those children forced into fighting at the age of 13, in my country Sierra Leone, a war that… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
.. the publication of Friedrich A. von Hayek's The Road to Serfdom in 1944 is rightly seen as the first shot in… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
The wise and honorable and Christian thing to do is to treat each black man and each white man (or any person)… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
But I deal with this meditating and by understanding I've been put on the planet to serve humanity. I have to remind… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I feel like I partly came to writing through being in college during the start of the Iraq war, and knowing that… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share Image
Prostitution reinforces all the old dumb clichés about women's sexuality; that they are not built to enjoy sex and are little more… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
'Our parents' generation had it a lot tougher than we did. They had to live through the Depression, World War II, and… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
When I arrived in the summer of 2009 to command the war in Afghanistan, I entered an effort that was failing. Many… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
“Oxytocin, a hormone and neuropeptide ... plays a major role in attachment processes and serves several purposes: It causes women to go… — Amir Levine Copy Share Image
I've just always had a personal fascination with the myth of Abraham Lincoln. And once you start to read about him and… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image