There's a tendency to locate the cliche of the 'strong woman' exclusively in the present day, as if those many women who… — David Hepworth Copy Share Image
In this room we understand why this war might be fought...it's about our common belief that no one has the right to… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
A good soldier is a blind, heartless, soulless, murderous machine. He is not a man. His is not a brute, for brutes… — Jack London Copy Share Image
In reality, at the end of World War II, America imposed democracy at the point of a bayonet on Japan and Germany,… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
“Killing, raping and looting have been common practices in religious societies, and often carried out with clerical sanction. The catalogue of notorious… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
“Some of the world’s violent conflicts are mainly economic, territorial or tribal. But many seem to come, at least in part, from… — Jonathan Glover Copy Share Image
“Kyōko: You found a reason to do battle, right? You're determined not to run away? Then you're doing all you can do.… — Magica Quartet Copy Share Image
International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others- in this case,… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
“This, then, was the Old World on the eve of Columbus’s departure in 1492. For almost half a millennium Christians had been… — David E. Stannard Copy Share Image
“Sofya now understood the difference between life and existence: her life had come to an end, but her existence could drag on… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
And the parents who knew "Star Wars" could take kids and feel like they've gone back to a place that is familiar… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Sir, it is true that republics have often been cradled in war, but more often they have met with a grave in… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
“The time would come when every leader in the world would read the writings of the Chinese Communists—for it was barely possible… — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“It is believed by many that the military life is one of adventure and excitement. In truth, that life more often consists… — Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Copy Share Image
From partisan gerrymandering and unlimited corporate money flooding our elections to voter suppression legislation, the Republican Party, aligned with Trump, has waged… — John Fetterman Copy Share Image
The worst thing that will probably happen-in fact is already well underway-is not energy depletion, economic collapse, conventional war, or the expansion… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
The battle rages eternal, though the race, religion, gender or sexual orientation of those discriminated against changes regularly. Maybe man’s need for… — Josh Lanyon Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's all about whether you can sell the emotion on your face... that desperation, the panic and rage that… — Joey Ansah Copy Share Image
There is no holy life. There is no war between good and evil. There is no sin and no redemption. None of… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Jealousy is one of the wickedest of all the passions. It is that which has been the most fruitful mother of tragedies,… — Arthur Alfred Lynch Copy Share Image
The first things I remember drawing were battles - big sheets of paper covered in terrible scenes of carnage - though when… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
Koizumi was not rooted in Japan's rightwing nationalist tradition: he was a pragmatist and a populist. Abe, in contrast, is a rightwing… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
Now it must be asked if we can comprehend why comets signify the death of magnates and coming wars, for writers of… — Albertus Magnus Copy Share Image
Let us pray that the great historic tragedy of our time may not have been enacted without instructing our whole beloved country… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
It's a sad day when the leaders of the free world engage in such deception and trickery. I voted against this unnecessary… — Major Owens Copy Share Image
I'm not pro-war. But I think war has been the dominant condition of humankind, and peace has been the anomaly - certainly… — Philip Gourevitch Copy Share Image
Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“I could spend hours telling you about the suffering the war has brought, but I'd only make myself more miserable. All we… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
We shall not enter into any of the abstruse definitions of war used by publicists. We shall keep to the element of… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
I have fallen in love with American names, The sharp names that never get fat, The snakeskin-titles of mining-claims, The plumed war-bonnet… — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience.… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the… — David Talbot Copy Share Image
This is total war. We are fighting a variety of enemies. There are lots of them out there. All this talk about… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
In Southern West Virginia we live in a war zone. Three and one-half million pounds of explosives are being used every day… — Judy Bonds Copy Share Image
“I found it ironic; children and the elderly were meant to be sent away from impending battles, but in our case it… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Out of the ashes of the Great War came the freewheeling cultural renaissance that was the Jazz Age, but the decade-long party… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
“Your mind will discern in the moments of clarity. In the darkness and the labyrinth of your path there lies a direction… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
“One does not escape that easily from the seduction of an effete way of life. You cannot arbitrarily say to yourself, I… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
“Probably no country has ever had as large a shift in the distribution of wealth [as what we've seen in the U.S.… — Lester Thurow Copy Share Image