“Homo sapiens! The name itself was an irony. They had not been wise at all, but incredibly stupid. Lords of the Earth… — Louise Lawrence Copy Share Image
War is not heroic. War is not exhilarating. War is full of despair. It is dark. It is dreadful. It is a… — Tite Kubo Copy Share Image
The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal… — Emily Greene Balch Copy Share Image
“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, Night and day, to make you just like everybody… — Kate Swaffer Copy Share Image
“You guys could handle this on your own. Why risk getting kicked out of your He-Man-Monster-Haters Club?" "Because we can't handle this… — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
It is not possible to starve an organised terrorist group because it is number one a state, so it levies taxation inside… — Loretta Napoleoni Copy Share Image
When I glare, I don't see it as aggression. I have just got such passion to get wickets. I don't ever say… — Stuart Broad Copy Share Image
I believe in the holy Koran. It says we declare ourselves to be righteous Muslims and do not take part in wars,… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
“Hell in life indicates a state of suffering, of agony, of torture (by others, by circumstances, or by ourselves), and of insipid… — Jacqueline Ripstein Copy Share Image
“Jackson began raids into Florida, arguing it was a sanctuary for escaped slaves and for marauding Indians. Florida, he said, was essential… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
I did not know much history when I became a bombardier in the U.S. Air Force in World War II. Only after… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“As the government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion, — as it has in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Conflict photographers grapple with two worlds that are themselves often in conflict - the one where bombs fall and bullets fly, where… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
“If you want to save seeds from year to year, you need to grow open-pollinated varieties. The words “heirloom” and “open-pollinated” are… — Katie Elzer-Peters Copy Share Image
When your troops go to war, the prime minister or the president change overnight from an administrator, dealing with taxation and welfare… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
When Gimme Shelter was recorded, early '69 or something, it was a time of war and tension, so that's reflected in this… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
Aside from battles, the history of nations seemed to consist of nothing but powerless old poops like myself, heavily medicated and vaguely… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I cannot get accustomed to war; my brain refuses to understand and explain a thing that is senseless in its basis. Millions… — Leonid Andreyev Copy Share Image
It is a fact that under equal conditions, large-scale battles and whole wars are won by troops which have a strong will… — Georgy Zhukov Copy Share Image
Southerners, whose ancestors a hundred years ago knew the horrors of a homeland devastated by war, are particularly determined that war shall… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Nothing is harder to see into thanpeoples nature. The sage looks at subtle phenomena and listens tosmall voices. This harmonizes the outside… — Zhuge Liang Copy Share Image
The principle of compulsory service, embodied in the system of conscription, lias been the means by which modem dictators and military gangs… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians,… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
In accounts of men in battle, there is an incredible adrenaline rush from group-versus-group conflict. The fervor and passion of partisans is… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
“Totalitarian politics—far from being simply antisemitic or racist or imperialist or communist—use and abuse their own ideological and political elements until the… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Like other conflict-affected regions, Africa continues to see religious, ethnic, and politically motivated conflicts. Extremist violence is now entrenched in several parts… — Tedros Adhanom Copy Share Image
I think from my experience in war and life and science, it all has made me believe that we have one life… — Craig Venter Copy Share Image
We're so enamored of technological advancements that we fail to think about how to best apply those technologies to what we're trying… — H. R. McMaster Copy Share Image
The taboos that I have mentioned are extraordinarily harsh and numerous. They stand around nearly every subject that is genuinely important to… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
In the battle for Kobane on the Syrian border, everyone talks about the enemy - IS - and the frightening ideas that… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
The advertising men made it clear that there were two ways of looking at ideas in a war against fascism. Those of… — Muriel Rukeyser Copy Share Image
“He liked the English and their peculiarities. He liked their stoicism under pressure; on the wall in his factory he kept a… — Natasha Solomons Copy Share Image
Theology necessitates an image of God as a conscious, rational, supernatural being of unlimited power and scope who cares about humans and… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
All nations are degrading and consuming their environment to a point beyond capacity. In the past 15 years in the U.S. we… — Gaylord Nelson Copy Share Image
The mystical techniques for achieving immortality are revealed only to those who have dissolved all ties to the gross worldly realm of… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Well I think what - the way things have improved obviously is that the killing has stopped in so for as there… — Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Copy Share Image
Continuous wars - which we have now had since 2001 - starting with Afghanistan, continuing on to Iraq. And even since Iraq,… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
“Thus strategists hesitate over the map, the few pins and lines of coloured chalk, contemplating a change in the pins and lines,… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of the poor animals is Satan's philosophy. In this… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Copy Share Image