War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
“The natural state of man is war. I think that peace is an interval for preparation.” The novel is significant because” — Thomas E. Ricks Copy Share Image
And the pleasures and rewards of the intellect are inseparable from angst, uncertainty, conflict and even despair. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
War, like all other situations of danger and of change, calls forth the exertion of admirable intellectual qualities and great virtues, and… — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
“Seek happiness now within you. Don’t look anywhere else or for anyone to help bring that happiness to your life. Happiness comes… — Sal Martinez Copy Share Image
The instruments of war can be manufactured ... human blood cannot be; and the lack of just one pint could mean the… — George C. Marshall Copy Share Image
Whether we're at war or have been attacked, the foundation of society is that you hold to the laws in place. I… — Steven Hatfill Copy Share Image
War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace with justice. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
At Mardi Gras, the different tribes will basically play war games, and so my brother is what you call a Flag Boy,… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
Subjecting prisoners to abuse leads to bad intelligence, because under torture a detainee will tell his interrogator anything to make the pain… — John McCain Copy Share Image
“we cannot predict with certainty the pattern of the war for which we prepare ourselves. We cannot, with reasonable certainty, forecast the… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share Image
Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances. — Leigh Brackett Copy Share Image
Do not touch anything unnecessarily. Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies, as well as bicycles,… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
This war in Iraq is part of a larger effort to remove this terrorist threat from the planet. — Paul Cellucci Copy Share Image
Terror is the poor man's war, war is the rich man's terror. Ultimately, all wars will end either in annihilation or at… — William Blum Copy Share Image
In the case of the second world war the distorting factor is not poetry but our seemingly insatiable need to view the… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
If you make an honest picture of war, it will be an antiwar photograph. — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
My entire life has really revolved around music that was written about the time that I was born, 1908, to just before… — Elliott Carter Copy Share Image
I had a visceral connection to the period [of Korean War]. By visceral I suppose I mean emotional. But every fiction requires… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Yes, there are troubles in the world. There's war and hatred, there's sickness and difficulty. And there is also an undying spirit,… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“I am a free Prince, and I have as much authority to make war on the whole world as he who has… — Colin Woodard Copy Share Image
Even galaxy-spanning anarchist utopias of stupefying full-spectrum civilisational power have turf wars within their unacknowledged militaries. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
During the twentieth century, men fought on behalf of nationalism. Yet the wars they fought were also engendered by dislocations in world… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
For the poor of this world, two major ways of expiring are available: either by the absolute indifference of your fellow-men in… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
If, however, there is to be a war of nerves let us make sure our nerves are strong and are fortified by… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
How many thousands of [lives] are there every year that comes cast away, (in all civilized countries at least)--and consider'd asnothing but… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
In war, the first thing that goes, when you try to take over culture, is the statues. I think we all can… — Jonathan Majors Copy Share Image
The war waged against terror since September 11 puts a strain on democracy itself, because it is mostly waged in secret, using… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, the inhumanity of health injustice still persists. The war we came to Chicago to fight so many years ago rages on.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Stone Age humans from wild animals being used for war / battle that continues to this day / but goals have changed,… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
Tis not, 'my country right or wrong'; tis, 'my country, that which is right to be kept right, that which is wrong… — Carl Schurz Copy Share Image
I know there are some Christians who believe that war and their participation in it are morally wrong. While I respect their… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
The bomb and the entrance of the Russians into the war will certainly have an effect on hastening the victory. — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share Image
“And so the catastrophe of 1929–33 did to the certainties of laissez-faire economics what science did to nineteenth-century religion and what the… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
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