In almost every case (where the United States has fought wars) our overwhelming commitment to freedom, democracy and human rights has required… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“To avoid this state of war (wherein there is no appeal but to heaven, and wherein every the least difference is apt… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“Black Americans were hardly losing any moral or cultural battles. They were being violently and nonviolently defeated in political and economic battles,… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
I believe that the power to declare war is most important in limiting the powers of the national government in regard to… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
Nobody's interests are served by what's happening in Syria today. It's a catastrophe. It's the worst human catastrophe since World War II.… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
To be born to create, to love, to win at games is to be born to live in time of peace. But… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Both the 'Gregor' series and 'The Hunger Games' are what I call lightning-bolt ideas. There was a moment where the idea came… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I had created a happy world of make-believe around me during the long years of loneliness, a world of beauty and love.… — Gerda Weissmann Klein Copy Share Image
Modern totalitarianism can be defined as the establishment, by means of the state of exception, of a legal civil war that allows… — Giorgio Agamben Copy Share Image
Never lead your soldiers to battle if you have not first confirmed their spirit and known them to be without fear and… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The theoretically unrestricted right to develop power, to wage war against other states, is antisocial and is doubly dangerous, because the state… — Christian Lous Lange Copy Share Image
I didn't know enough about the Civil War or its lingering effects as we all should. It's really easy to think that… — Bryce Pinkham Copy Share Image
The planet's biggest problems have to do with sustainability, environmental decline, global poverty, disease, conflict and so forth. Really, they're all interconnected… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
I've tried to shut myself off as much as possible from the hype of 'War Horse,' and just thought, 'OK, I'm going… — Cody Fern Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that no matter whether you marry, settle down or live with a bird or not, certain ones simply… — Derek Raymond Copy Share Image
Any of these contemporary war situations, whether civilian or soldier on either side - that's what I was interested in. The people… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
“Thomas Jefferson insisted that an “informed citizenry” is the best protection for democracy. It is therefore extremely disconcerting that a staggering percentage… — Bandy X. Lee Copy Share Image
I believe that in the end the abolition of war, the maintenance of world peace, the adjustment of international questions by pacific… — Frank B. Kellogg Copy Share Image
The history of warfare has not yet enabled any army, any civilized army, the army of a democracy like Israel, to be… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
I don't believe war is a way to solve problems. I think it's wrong. I don't have respect for the people that… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
If, during the Second World War, the United States had retooled its factories for manufacturing bicycles instead of munitions, we’d be one… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
We've made some mistakes in this country in times past - the Korean conflict proceeding that, some say proceeding the Persian Gulf… — Fred Thompson Copy Share Image
I put the Vietnam War behind me a long time ago, and what I wanted to (do) among other things was help… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Prayer is not a preparation for work, it IS work. Prayer is not a preparation for the battle, it IS the battle.… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“That laugh…the low baritone timbre that can stop wars, solve world hunger, and cure women of their need for underwear all at… — B.J. Harvey Copy Share Image
“Finally the time had come. War would start soon. Blood would flow and tears would drown the land. The air would be… — Stephanie Beerden Copy Share Image
I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really… — Bjork Copy Share Image
There is a sense of feeling larger than your own life when you're in some common mission together. You have to hope… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
The centerpiece of the Bush administration's case for going to war in Iraq was Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation to the… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
“What we’re fighting ... what mankind has always been fighting ... is evil. Evil will always use the most expedient route to achieve its… — John Lyman Copy Share Image
Senseless violence is, almost by definition, hard to understand. Not that I can understand terrorists who kill from hate, but at least… — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image
It is difficult to say today whether the Battle of Kosovo was a defeat or a victory for the Serbian people, whether… — Slobodan Milosevic Copy Share Image
I do everything myself, from engine start to engine shutdown. In a war, I will face alone the missiles and the flak… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
“August is the month when wars start. It’s when the water dries up and the spirit begins to wither. Insomniacs pull down… — Al Aronowitz Copy Share Image
“Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen… — Donquixote Doflamingo Copy Share Image
Prepare both physically and mentally, be a good warrior. You are going to war, until the very end. It will be a… — Ruben Papian Copy Share Image
Just plain logic says that the war on drugs does not work. It absolutely does not work. We have this highly addictive… — Graham Hancock Copy Share Image
“If that's the case, hurrah for the crazy people! Look, Lola, do you remember a single name, for instance, of any of… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
Under no circumstances should we now ease our restrictions on arms sales to Iran. Such a policy reversal would be seen as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
... semantics ... is a sober and modest discipline which has no pretensions of being a universal patent-medicine for all the ills… — Alfred Tarski Copy Share Image
