“The enduring attraction of war is this: Even with its destruction and carnage it can give us what we long for in… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Every time we have come to the end of a conflict, somehow we have persuaded ourselves that the nature of mankind and… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
Before the civil war, Pottibakia was a normal member of the Comity of Nations. She erected tariff walls, broke treaties, persecuted minorities,… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
“We thought that not only would Germany come out of the war defeated, but Russia too. Things have turned out rather differently.… — Jerzy Andrzejewski Copy Share Image
“So does nobody care about Ireland?" "Nobody. Neither King Louis, nor King Billie, nor King James." He nodded thoughtfully. "The fate of… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
“I notice I am taking risks with my own security and losing my sensitivity to danger. I don't know it at the… — Jason Elliot Copy Share Image
“Awakened by artillery fire, the frightened Confederate recruits ran out of town, some still in their bedclothes. The Federals gave this embarrassing… — Clint Johnson Copy Share Image
The high stage of world-industrial development in capitalistic production finds expression in the extraordinary technical development and destructiveness of the instruments of… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
Revolutionary war is an antitoxin that not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth. Every just,… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Walking through the halls of high schools is quite similar to walking through a battle field... you are never quite sure what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With the likely nominations of Barack Obama by the Democrats and John McCain by the Republicans, one of these two parties is… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
We tend to think of World War II and all the atrocities that happened, and people say, 'Never again.' But these things… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
“My name is Hazel. I started out as an idea, but I ended up something more. Not much more, to be honest.… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
Every time that I go to the sparring session and I need a good look, Kamaru was a good look for me… — Gilbert Burns Copy Share Image
When you are in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Each year, about 45 million people are affected by war. Three hundred thousand people die looking down the barrel of a gun… — Hilary Benn Copy Share Image
And we remember the end of our combat mission and the emergence of a new dawn -- the precision of our efforts… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“What do you say to a warmongering emperor who has conquered many worlds and displaced thousands of refugees from their homes in… — S.G. Blaise Copy Share Image
Years should not be devoted to the acquisition of dead languages or to the study of history which, for the most part,… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to injustice can sometimes be; I… — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share Image
“As a child of civil war, I disbelieve in structured learning—actually I believe that one can be an intellectual without being a… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
I think, a general anxiety, after the end of the Cold War, to find a new basis for affirming American nationhood. And… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
We know, deep down inside, it's wrong! There's nothing you can say to ever make it right! Killing is killing, no matter… — Ronald Richter Copy Share Image
This nation should be less worried about putting the Vietnam syndrome behind us than restarting the World War II victory syndrome that… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
“What does a car bomb say about poverty, or the execution of a rural mayor explain about disenfranchisement?... The war had become,… — Daniel Alarcón Copy Share Image
In their war against Israel's existence, the Arab governments took advantage of the Cold War. They enlisted the military, economic, and political… — Yitzhak Shamir Copy Share Image
“The irony that always amazes me when I see people up in arms about our war against Islamo-fascism is how they don’t… — Brigitte Gabriel Copy Share Image
“President Ronald Reagan, who spent World War II in Hollywood, vividly described his own role in liberating Nazi concentration camp victims. Living… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“I keep thinking about the march I joined today. It's bigger and stronger than war. That's why it will win. The people… — Zlata Filipović Copy Share Image
[British television series] Hammer House of Horror. I used to really enjoy these one-off stories where often there would be an incredibly… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
For some twenty years the window that opened at the end of the Cold War has been allowed to hang flapping in… — Hans Blix Copy Share Image
There were others, women with stories that were told in a quieter voice: women who hid Jewish children in their homes, putting… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
If you and I go into a store to rob it, and I say "shoot," that's not protected. Like all judicial decisions… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the epic war over Silicon Valley's intellectual property, Bill Gates was on the side of licensing copyright and robust protections for… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
Our job is to provide coalition the military equipment that they need; the air support they need; special forces when appropriate. But… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“Has this year made me a better lover? Will I understand something of hardship, of loss, will a lover sense this in… — Brian Turner Copy Share Image
As I came through medical school, it was very exciting because physicians were reaching out to each other, between the U.S. and… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
We know about General John Kelly's military experience and his record there and being a decorated veteran of combat over in Iraq… — Steve King Copy Share Image
The transformation of the impossible into reality is always the mark of a demonic will. The only way to recognize a military… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image