Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war. — William Lyon Mackenzie King Copy Share Image
Even modern wars are fought like revenge tales from some petty grievance. — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people. — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
Modern war and modern civilisation are utterly incompatible...one or the other must go. — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command… — William Halsey Copy Share Image
A nation's ability to fight a modern war is as good as its technological ability. — Frank Whittle Copy Share Image
Our modern wars make many unhappy while they last and none happy when they are over. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
So much destruction in modern war takes place miles and miles away from the source of the destruction, the human being who… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Their notion of training was to march the men up and down in parades and reviews: these were nice to look at… — Orlando Figes Copy Share Image
Modern war appears as a struggle led by all the State apparatuses and their general staffs against all men old enough to… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
The modern wars are also omnipresent in our electronic media - to be cynical about it, we now have 24 hours of… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
Modern war is so expensive that we feel trade to be a better avenue to plunder; but modern man inherits all the… — William James Copy Share Image
The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
A singular fact about modern war is that it takes charge. Once begun it has to be carried to its conclusion, and… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
The Anarchists' uncompromising rejection of the State, the subject of Marxian sneers for its "absolutist" and "Utopian" character, makes much better sense… — Dwight Macdonald Copy Share Image
“How would you describe the difference between modern war and modern industry—between, say, bombing and strip mining, or between chemical warfare and… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
It's hard to believe that these self-centered people have nuclear weapons that they can fire at any moment. Even modern wars are… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
“War is chaos. It always has been. But technology makes it worse. It changes the fear. At the Institute, I feared men.… — Pierce Brown Copy Share Image
How would you describe the difference between modern war and modern industry-between say, bombing and strip mining, or between chemical warfare and… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Modern war is distinguished by the fact that all the participants are ostensibly unwilling. We are swept towards one another like colonies… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“We know about bad guys, what they do, and often, who they are. The politicians have chosen to send us into battle,… — Marcus Luttrell Copy Share Image
“The effect of modern war is to eliminate retrogressive types, while sparing the technocracy and increasing its hold upon public affairs.” — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
You must all be aware that modern war is not a mere matter of military operations. It involves the whole strength and… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power; and, conversely, very few rebellions of maritime provinces have succeeded without… — Samuel Eliot Morison Copy Share Image
In modern war there is no such thing as victor and vanquished... There is only a loser, and the loser is mankind. — U Thant Copy Share Image
whatever a work of art may be, the artist certainly cannot dare to be simple. He must have a nature as complicated… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Aviation is a dynamic profession. The rate of obsolescence of equipment is high and new aircraft have to be placed in inventory… — Keith B. McCutcheon Copy Share Image
Resort to science has rendered modern war so destructive of life and property that it presents a new problem to mankind, such,… — John Hessin Clarke Copy Share Image
