Some of us, perhaps all of us, believe that it is…

Armies are a purely human invention. Most soldiers who go to war nowadays don't even do it because they're inherently aggressive.

— Frans de Waal

American Indians would, you know, scalp them and desecrate the bodies, you know, tie them to cactuses or bury them in anthills or things…

— Quentin Tarantino

“If it is legitimate to kill in self-defence then it must be equally legitimate to steal in self-defence”

— Agona Apell

The eight years of war since 9/11 had meant several Christmases away from home for most of these men. For soldiers at war, there's…

— Stanley A. McChrystal

A lot of songwriters have written about soldiers and war, but very few have written with them.

— Mary Gauthier

Now it feels like soldiers in a war and none of us are backing down.

— Jay Sean

Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it.

— Paul Fussell

“It was previously understood across many cultures that your thoughts might just be enemy soldiers putting you under siege.”

— Sebastian Marshall

A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas, any more than he is a good general because he has plenty…

— Anonymous

“we cannot ignore the enemy of our souls, but neither should we lavish attention on him.”

— Terry Law

When we struggle, as so many do, in grinding poverty, or when our enemies prevail against us, or when sickness is not healed, the…

— Henry B. Eyring

Vengeful conquerors burn books as if the enemy's souls reside there, too.

— James Gleick

We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.

— Oswald Chambers

For many child soldiers, war and violence are all they have ever known. If we don't take it upon ourselves to show them an…

— Forest Whitaker

Maybe we're all a little too desperate these days for a simple formula to explain how our safe world came unhinged. That, as much…

— Bill Keller