“Principles of War Objective: Direct every military operation toward a clearly defined, decisive, and attainable objective. Offensive: Seize, retain, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The century would seek to dominate nature as it had never been dominated, would attack the idea of war, poverty and natural… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
One of the flashpoints of the grand war between Athens and Sparta, a millennium after Helen first caused trouble for the Mediterranean… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
“There will come a time in your life when you lose something that matters to you. You'll fight for it and you… — J. Sterling Copy Share Image
“Twelve years ago, when I was 10, I played at being a soldier. I walked up the brook behind our house in… — David Kenyon Webster Copy Share Image
The U.S. has perverted the U.N. weapons process by using it as a tool to justify military actions, falsely so. ... The… — Scott Ritter Copy Share Image
My family has always supported my activities, whether it was doing combat in Korea, flying progressively and challenging fighter-jet aircraft in Europe,… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Time is more precious than gold, more precious than diamonds, more precious than oil or any valuable treasures. It is time that… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
“The news today about "Atomic bombs" is so horrifying one is stunned. The utter folly of these lunatic physicists to consent to… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Foyles War made me realise that Churchill actually had questionable morals; his decisions meant that good people died. It must have weighed… — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
“I know you've taken risks to do these things. Do Please be careful." "Don't worry about me," he said. "You've got enough… — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
Eisenhower managed to begin the Vietnam war by not following his normal instinct of staying out of mischief. In his memoirs, he… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
TO ALL THE ambulance drivers firewatchers air-raid wardens nurses canteen workers airplane spotters rescue workers mathematicians vicars vergers shopgirls chorus girls librarians… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
What is the great fear of the United States? That an Eastern power will build a navy to challenge us. How do… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“All other trades are contained in that of war. Is that why war endures? No. It endures because young men love it… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity; (2) They cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straight forwardness; (3)… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
There seems to be three ways for a nation to acquire wealth: the first is by war...this is robbery; the second by… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Wake up, folks, wake up! As intimidated as you are by the fear of going against the stream and looking racist (a… — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
“...Anxiety and panic happen to be mundane phenomena, i.e., even when they are caused by extraordinary things like war and rape, they… — Daniel B. Smith Copy Share Image
I think record cover sleeves really led towards, but at the same time the album as we know it didn't come into… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
In the book Soldiers on the Home Front, I was greatly struck by the fact that in childbirth alone, women commonly suffer… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
“...the Constitution is an invitation for the president and Congress to struggle for the privilege of directing foreign policy. Although the president… — Lee H. Hamilton Copy Share Image
If we continue to tell ourselves the popular myths about racial progress or, worse yet, if we say to ourselves that the… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Christ's whole life on earth was the assertion and example of true manliness — the setting forth in living act and word… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
We once discussed which were the cleanest troops in the trenches, taken by nationalities. We agreed on a descending-order like this: English… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
We've trained and trained for a reason: to be better at the craft of war than our enemy, to use our skill… — Marcus Luttrell Copy Share Image
If we are engaged in actions that cause pain and conflict to ourselves and others, it is impossible for the mind to… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
I work in the human rights field and there are serious conflicts between certain interpretations of Islamic law and human rights. That's… — Sadakat Kadri Copy Share Image
“This is the contrary of the Darwin that we mainly receive from the Darwinists. The survival of the fittest is supposed to… — William Bryant Logan Copy Share Image
“A report had asked us what combat felt like...It's like a car accident. You know? That instant between knowing that it's gonna… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
Recent school shootings have lured ill-informed Americans into a war on our Second Amendment guarantees, led by the nation's tyrants and their… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Our earth is but a small star in a great universe. Yet of it we can make, if we choose, a planet… — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
“Outside the gates of the finca, watching the passing rows of tin-roofed shacks which represented the residential section of San Francisco de… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The truth emerging from this scattered picture of nuclear proliferation is simple: there is a stronger chance of a nuclear bomb being… — Johann Hari Copy Share Image
With soldiers, their wives are so fundamental in their relationships, and yet there's this kind of other war happening back in the… — Tim Hetherington Copy Share Image
“Does it serve any useful purpose to know that Pompey was the first to exhibit the slaughter of eighteen elephants in the… — Seneca Copy Share Image
On what motivated Colorado voters: "Let's face it, the War on Drugs was a disaster. It may be well intentioned ... but… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
“Another thing is war. I am naturally warlike. Attacking is one of my instincts. Being able to be an enemy, being an… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Every man is scared in his first battle. If he says he's not, he's a liar. Some men are cowards but they… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is,… — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
