Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“In her time Nor Tigelaar had faced insurrectionists and collaborationists and war profiteers. She'd endured abduction and prison and self-mutilation. She'd sold… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Don't you ever run from conflict. Pressure will either bust pipes or make diamonds. In the crudest lump of coal lies the… — Josh Q Copy Share Image
The Cold War was a boring thing. Nobody gets better for it. Tremendous money is wasted. Our lives get more difficult. We… — Dmitry Medvedev Copy Share Image
One of my favourite contemporary fiction writers is a Texan, Ben Fountain. His extraordinary novel, Billy Lynn's Long Half-Time Walk, all takes… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. As this operation continues, those weapons will… — Tommy Franks Copy Share Image
“I love him, there is no denying it. I have loved him every single day since I met him. It’s a constant… — Callie Anderson Copy Share Image
More than any single action by the government since the end of the war, this one would change the face of America… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Our society’s failure to recognize and care for the social and emotional well-being of our boys contributes to a nation of young… — Jennifer Siebel Newsom Copy Share Image
“Power loves not the light of day, nor the attention of curious eyes. In darkness it thrives most...A lord may send his… — Brian Ruckley Copy Share Image
The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
One day the enemy will cross the Great Green. They will bring war and tragedy to these eastern lands. Such is the… — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
As soon as I moved to Princeton in 1978, I became fascinated by local history, much of it Revolutionary War-era; and I… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
As I was writing 'The Shock Doctrine', I was covering the Iraq War and profiteering from the war, and I started to… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
“High School students in America debate why President Roosevelt didn't bomb the rail lines to Hitler's camps. Their children may ask, a… — Blaine Harden Copy Share Image
“I can't understand how people can have grown up in the eighties, amidst all this competitive spirit, gangster battles, hiphop - and… — Martinus Hendrikus Benders Copy Share Image
“My generals should be like bull terriers on chains, and they should want war, war, war ... But what happens now? I… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“That our selves and all men are apt and prone to differ it is no new Thing in all former Ages in… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
We might adapt for the artist the joke about there being nothing more dangerous than instruments of war in the hands of… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
“The Procrustean bed. . .suggests itself with dispiriting aptness as a metaphor for the Culture Wars, right down to the blandishments with… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
Now, I stand alone on this rock, fighting the errors of this world, and establish the science of life by my works.… — Phineas Quimby Copy Share Image
The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in… — Imran Khan Copy Share Image
For 60 years, since World War II, we have been trying to create a rules-based system, a global economic system. We understand… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Religion and science both profess peace (and the sincerity of the professors is not being doubted), but each always turns out to… — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
I believe we should utilise any power we have for important issues that are bigger and beyond us. Whether it's with refugees… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
For WAR, consisteth not in Battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the Will to… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
“Universal peace-time conscription was adopted by almost all countries as the basis of their military system. This ensured that wars would grow… — Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
“National historical myths are a way of giving identity and more authenticity to a people. Exodus flattered the Jews half a millennium… — Norman F. Cantor Copy Share Image
“Lookin' at ye is like baskin' in the summer sun after a long, cold winter. 'Tis like seein' home after a battle… — Paula Quinn Copy Share Image
“Having been born in 1939 and come to consciousness during World War II, I knew that established orders could vanish overnight. Change… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“All sorts of people are for it. Numerous senators and representatives—of the Right and Left—have expressed their purpose to establish universal military… — Murray N. Rothbard Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, religions have become a part of the problem instead of part of the solution. We have fought our wars in the… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Tell me what it's like. The race." What it's like is a battle. A mess of horses and men and blood. The… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
We shall one day learn to supersede politics by education. What we call our root-and-branch reforms of slavery, war, gambling, intemperance, is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When campaigning, be swift as the wind; in leisurely march, majestic as the forest; in raiding and plundering, like fire; in standing,… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
In Yugoslavia we were told we were not only naive idealists in wanting war criminals to be prosecuted but that we were… — Payam Akhavan Copy Share Image
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has been described as founder of the Bull Moose Party, the man who led his troops up San… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
What started happening really quickly after 9/11 and the construction of this 'War on Terror' business is that I saw all kinds… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
I speak of peace, therefore, as the necessary rational end of rational men. I realize the pursuit of peace is not as… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Religion robs the soul of its independence; patriotism is the stupid worship of the world for which the well-being and the peace… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
