“You'll have to pardon me," the magus said. "But with your country at war I can't see how any of it really… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
“A life without an objective is much like a ship at sea with no port in mind. It drifts with the waves… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But to the fighting soldier that phase of the war is behind. It was left behind after his first battle. His blood… — Ernie Pyle Copy Share Image
I would say that the Vietnamese should remember that they didn't have exactly the same mobility the way the Americans have. They… — Bui Diem Copy Share Image
Guy Savelli's role in the War on Terror began when half-a-dozen strangers, within days of one another, contacted him via e-mail and… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“The most beautiful women in the world are the ones that can stand as rivals on the battlefield of love, yet they… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Converting the war into an antislavery crusade was a brilliant move on Lincoln's part, and it resulted in a surge of voluntary… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
Losing the PR battles, particularly about healthcare, translated into losing his Democratic majorities in Congress, beginning with a Republican landslide in the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
No capitalists after any war were ever so well paid for money loaned to the nation that carried it on. No class… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
I find wholly baffling the widespread belief today that the dropping of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs was an immoral act, even… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“the simplifications of hatred and prejudice, which embitter and perpetuate the Algerian conflict, must be combated on a daily basis, and one… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
There is no need for historical research. The war didn't take place a thousand years ago. Over a million Iranians served at… — Mohammad Marandi Copy Share Image
The Great Depression was going on, so that the station and the streets teemed with homeless people, just as they do today.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“All warfare is based on deception. For years, the West hypocrisy has made the world a battlefield. The corrupt talk while our… — Vladimer Makarov Copy Share Image
Through dance, people meet demons, ward off death, shake off sin and evil, come to terms with life crises, mediate paradoxes, resolve… — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war. And… — Haile Selassie I Copy Share Image
“The irony, of course, is that not long ago, it was Trump’s own ancestors—German American immigrants—who were the demons of the day,… — Arsalan Iftikhar Copy Share Image
The nation blest above all nations is she in whom the civic genius of the people does the saving day by day,… — William James Copy Share Image
[During the second Sudanese Civil War] what was actually killing us wasn't the Muslims, wasn't the Arabs. It was somebody sitting somewhere… — Emmanuel Jal Copy Share Image
If there are going to be people out there making war on other people, don't you think it's a good idea for… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
I think all gay guys should get married. I think they should have to get married. They should have to adopt kids… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
The truth is, the whole administration under Roosevelt was demoralized by the system of dealing directly with subordinates. It wasobviated in the… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
To renounce the conquest of power is voluntarily to leave the power with those who wield it, the exploiters. The essence of… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
I think it was 50 million people across the world who marched against the war in Iraq. It was perhaps the biggest… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I actually have videos on my phone of me interviewing people and asking them what they thought of the new Spider-Man in… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
“Anyway, I heard you and your Mother-in-Law kicked ass! Shame his daddy'o wasn't around for the family reunion, although I doubted a… — Stephanie Hudson Copy Share Image
They shouldn't call anything a boot camp unless you're going off to war. Standup boot camp has been a fantastic thing, for… — Andy Kindler Copy Share Image
“The Second World War, when it came in 1939, was unquestionably the outcome of the First, and in large measure its continuation.… — John Keegan Copy Share Image
“Faced with Russian menace and Ottoman collapse, Britain and France threatened war. Nicholas stubbornly called their bluff because, he explained, he was… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
“Stripped to its essence, combat is a series of quick decisions and rather precise actions carried out in concert with ten or… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
“I’m taking her to The Horny Goat, Agent St. James, not charging into battle. You and the rest of security are welcome… — Emma Chase Copy Share Image
“Vietnam had never been a true civil war. It was a war of conquest, initiated and perpetuated for more than two decades… — Andy Greenberg Copy Share Image
Germany has spent the decades since World War II in national penance for Nazi crimes. America spent the decades after the Civil… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The episode of the 'shoe bomber,' Richard Reid, has suddenly meant more feet being bared at airports than at the average Hindu… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
“The Chosun Dynasty adopted Confucianism in all walks of civil and personal life at the beginning of the fifteenth century. The nation’s… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
I will never say, 'support the troops.' I don't believe in the validity of that statement. People say, 'I don't support the… — Thomas Naughton Copy Share Image
In a library, you can find small miracles and truth, and you might find something that will make you laugh so hard… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
But people turn on their televisions. They turn on their televisions and they see what's happening in Iraq. The American people are… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
The foreign policy, you have to know how to pick and choose. There's no way, if Saddam [Hussein] had not had weapons… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
“You cannot kill or steal from a man while he is asleep and heartbroken. While it is said that everything is fair… — Salvador Plascencia Copy Share Image