“I could see clearly that this growing belligerence was an aberration, coming not from intention, but from the Fear.” — James Redfield Copy Share Image
Given the genocidal belligerence of Iranian threats against Israel, it is hard to take issue with Israel's right to preemptive self-defense. — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
Of all ennobling sentiments, patriotism may be the most easily manipulated. On the one hand, it gives powerful expression to what is… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
“We think of communication as words. But a screaming child is trying to say something. A tantrum carries a message. Hitting is… — Christopher Page Copy Share Image
In the last analysis, provincialism is your belief in yourself, in your neighborhood, in your reality. It is patriotism without belligerence. Convincing… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
“But belligerence was a poor aid to concentration, as were three gins and a bottle of wine” — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
We are all these things [...]. Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty...and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
Anarchism's lone objective is to reach a point at which the belligerence of some humans against humanity, in whatever form, comes to… — Gustav Landauer Copy Share Image
“The man stared at him, belligerence creeping up in his eyes, then dampening down like he’d stepped into a cold mental shower.… — J.T. Ellison Copy Share Image
For all the flailing and huffing and puffing, there is a kind of fatality about the process of war-making and the excuses… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
I think what Secretary Ash Carter is seeing, and I'm glad he is, is that we got to get NATO back working… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Right-wing propagandists like Limbaugh and Coulter are essentially entertainers, entertainers who stimulate prejudice, selfishness and meanness the way a comedian works for… — Hal Crowther Copy Share Image