Iraq was a war of choice, not necessity.

Confidence is not a choice, it's a necessity.

— Anonymous

“As he grew older, which was mostly in my absence, my firstborn son, Alexander, became ever more humorous and courageous. There came a time,…

— Christopher Hitchens

There is no getting around the reality that the second Iraq war was a war of choice; had it been carried out differently, it…

— Richard N. Haass

Iraq was a war of choice, like Vietnam.

— Chuck Hagel

War should be not a war of choice; it should be a war of necessity. And it should be a last resort.

— John F. Kerry

Jay-Z is as politically correct as some of the politicians. He's safe. There's points when you're acquiring financing, you make adjustments. He's made those…

— Curtis Jackson

some people are democrats by choice, and some by necessity.

— Lillian Hellman

“I am sorry for those who have never had the experience of seeing the victory of a national liberation movement, and I feel cold…

— Christopher Hitchens

“George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as 'evil.' Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at…

— Christopher Hitchens

“You might think that the Left could have a regime-change perspective of its own, based on solidarity with its comrades abroad. After all, Saddam's…

— Christopher Hitchens

You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.

— Condoleezza Rice

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.

— Ludwig von Mises

One reason the United States finds itself at the edge of a foreign policy disaster is its underinformed citizenry, a key weakness in democracy.

— Stefan Halper

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world employed in…

— George Washington

In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments.

— Napoleon Bonaparte