History more often records the brilliant successes and spectacular defeats of contending forces than the effect of war on the common people. — Mildred Cable Copy Share Image
“Often, then, the stories came pouring out, and often they were set before us slowly and quietly like tea. These slow stories… — Daoud Hari Copy Share Image
“I notice I am taking risks with my own security and losing my sensitivity to danger. I don't know it at the… — Jason Elliot Copy Share Image
“The United States is so powerful that the only country capable of destroying her might be the United States herself, which means… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
“This discussion of war then lays the foundation for an understanding of change as a process and as an essential component of… — John M. House Copy Share Image
I was eighteen, this was back in '46, so we also had these very frightening images of soldiers in the streets of… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
Even people who aren't engaged on the actual battlefield - the effects of war reach out like tentacles into families, into economies,… — Gary Cole Copy Share Image
There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression. Patriotism becomes the order of the day, and those who question… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
'Fall Of A City' aims to convey, in all its emotional richness, the effects of war and the toll taken on city… — David Farr Copy Share Image
“There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“And then it developed that Campbell was not going to go unanswered after all. Poor old Derby, the doomed high school teacher,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Most of the evils attributed to civilization and progress—such as social inequality and subordination, murder, theft, rape, vandalism, and conquest—are found concentrated… — Lawrence H. Keeley Copy Share Image
One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
We recognize the force of the argument that the effects of war under modern conditions may be felt in the economy for… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
As the wife of a retired Navy commander and the representative of the district covering Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington,… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Copy Share Image
Nationalist Socialist Germany wants peace because of its fundamental convictions. And it wants peace also owing to the realization of the simple… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
If it were only a few degrees, that would be serious, but we could adapt to it. But the danger is the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
