In Iraq #1 we stayed within U.N. mandates, limited our response, went home after Kuwait was freed - and were censured for… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Although not initially of his own choosing, Michael Mann has been the most important, resilient, and outspoken warrior in the climate battle--responding… — Chris Mooney Copy Share Image
The principal feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness. By loudly denouncing all bad things — war and hunger and date rape —… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The greatest battle you must undertake, the foremost battle you must wage, the most important battle that there is, is the battle… — Kevin Michel Copy Share Image
Rage' is the word that most often attaches itself to the Tea Party movement, and it's true that, from the outside looking… — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image
Our society is monstrously disjunctive, at once so efficient in war and so inefficient in caring for the welfare of its members.… — Anne Truitt Copy Share Image
You know the world's gone mad when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I was raised on the Hudson, in a house that had been the stable of the financier and Civil War general Brayton… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Since January 2003, at the height of the debate on the possible unilateral strike against Iraq, I have advocated for a reinstatement… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
“But isn't it clear that bliss and envy are the numerator and denominator of that fraction known as happiness? And what sense… — Zamyatin Copy Share Image
Love is an alchemist that can transmute poison into food--and a spaniel, that prefers even punishment from one hand to caresses from… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Desertion is the army's dirty little secret. Since the beginning of the Iraq war, more than 20,000 American soldiers have given up… — Wil S. Hylton Copy Share Image
“YOU DEMAND SALVATION EVEN AS YOU STEAL FROM THE COLLECTION PLATE. YOU SEND FOOD TO THE REFUGEES, AND THEN YOU DON'T ALLOW… — Jackie Morse Kessler Copy Share Image
“I'll have to remember that for the future. When in a life-or-death battle, be sure to club unconscious everyone on your side… — Mark Walden Copy Share Image
The Constitution expressly and exclusively vests in the Legislature the power of declaring a state of war [and] the power of raising… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“The Hubbermanns had two of their own (children), but they were older and had moved out...Soon they would be both in the… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
If we have anything in common as humans it's the instinct to survive. When you go in the ring you are going… — Teddy Atlas Copy Share Image
There are many controversial topics out there - abortion, nuclear weapons, the 2nd Amendment, guns, whatever, the war in Iraq. You're going… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
“Each day of war takes us farther from all we could hope to be or do. We gain nothing but heartbreak, and… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good,… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“knew that the result of a battle is decided not by the orders of a commander in chief, nor the place where… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“It is to point out that at this late hour, the totems of the empire of slavery—chief among them, its flag—still enjoy… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Does the protagonist deny the irreconcilable conflict? Does she lie about it- to herself and others? Does she make a choice between… — David Mura Copy Share Image
“Taxes fund wars, wars generate taxes; wars are engineered, taxes are imposed. More wars generate more taxes, more taxes fund more wars.… — Mamur Mustapha Copy Share Image
Man makes one journey all his living days, Down through the realms of music and of art; Down through the halls of… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions. It differs, however, from most other branches of human… — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
I want a military funeral when I die—the bugler, the flag on the casket, the ceremonial firing squad, the hallowed ground… It… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Continue to instruct the world; and - whilst we carry on a poor unequal conflict with the passions and prejudices of our… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
While there are many causes for which a state goes to war, its fundamental object can be epitomized as that of ensuring… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
Now, God be thanked Who has matched us with His hour, And caught our youth, and wakened us from sleeping, With hand… — Rupert Brooke Copy Share Image
“I averted my eyes, looked around, and stumbled through all the faces in the room till they finally rested on his. He… — Refaat Alareer Copy Share Image
“For realists, the true story of the Civil War illuminates the problem of ostensibly sober-minded compromise with powerful, and intractable, evil. For… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
In the modern-day world, where time is premium and battle for subsistence is unimaginably tough, the hapless common man simply gives in… — Shaffi Mather Copy Share Image
The Syrian war was started and fueled by three countries in the region, namely Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey. They acted for the… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
“The victory at Chattanooga was won against great odds, considering the advantage the enemy had of position, and was accomplished more easily… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
Each individual has their own opinions about whether war is an answer to any problems. Personally I think it's a waste of… — Damon Albarn Copy Share Image
I think our support for the EEC has been very half-hearted. You really cannot join any group of nations and spend all… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
By the 1880s, baseball was entrenched in the Cape's sandy soil. Semipro teams, commonplace before World War I, were organized into the… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
“Mike Shea became a medic during the war and was now married, working for Pfizer. To this day he can’t look at… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
In health of mind and body, men should see with their own eyes, hear and speak without trumpets, walk on their feet,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image