In World War II, America was the Arsenal of Democracy, providing war materiel to our Allies that ultimately led to victory over… — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“After the Second World War, San Francisco was the main point of re-entry for sailors returning from the Pacific. Out at sea,… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“This is not to say, as some have, that American decisions between 1954 and 1956 (and later in the Eisenhower years) made… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
We could not wipe ourselves out with a nuclear war. I do not want so sound too positive. It would be a… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
“Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others--and I am one of those--never give up. We fight and fight and fight.… — Yann Martel Life of Pi Copy Share Image
“They say that war is death’s best friend, but I must offer you a different point of view on that one. To… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
As I stand here today and tell you about these, I am heavy with an awareness of the fact that I am… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wanted the American public to know that not everyone in Iraq and Afghanistan were targets that needed to be neutralized, but… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
“We are not responsible to the .90 calibers the pezzonovantis who take it upon themselves to decide what we shall do with… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
Woe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
I have a tendency toward the pleasures of the flesh. It's a battle for me, as far as weight and things like… — Chris Farley Copy Share Image
“Daniel was slow to take up the cheer. But when he did, he meant it. This was politics. It was ugly, it… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
As a former competitor, robot combat is near and dear to my heart. I enjoy the mix of creativity and mayhem that… — Grant Imahara Copy Share Image
If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another. — Robert M. La Follette, Sr Copy Share Image
“In May of 1945, only a few weeks after the fighting had ended in Europe, I was rotated back to the States,… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Ceasefire only postpones war, What’s needed is demilitarization. Till borderly apes wake apart national pride, Democracy only sustains a paradigm of poison.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“When you’re persistently deleted from history, media, and any other channel to access information – or that information is distorted – it’s… — M.B. Dallocchio Copy Share Image
“The left wants, needs, loves, and exacerbates violent conflict. The question is…why?...Conservatives generally want policy discussions because we disagree with liberals. Liberals… — Eric Golub Copy Share Image
“If those who are sent to draw water begin by drinking themselves, the army is suffering from thirst. [One may know the… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
And it says something about our level of disassociation, that we can provoke these wars abroad but we're not allowed to see… — Alex Cox Copy Share Image
The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
If asked how to cope with a great host of the enemy in orderly array and on the point of marching to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Modi created the impression that he was ready to go to war with Pakistan after the Pulwama attack. But his government was… — Raj Thackeray Copy Share Image
In many ways, the acceptance of any evidence of God involves a battle between the ego and the soul. Earlier, I defined… — M Scott Peck MD Copy Share Image
Much of the conventional wisdom associated with Vietnam was highly inaccurate. Far from an inevitable result of the imperative to contain communism,… — H. R. McMaster Copy Share Image
The origins of these [schooling] federal policies were tied to President Johnson's war on poverty. Supplemental funds were sent to school districts… — Pedro Noguera Copy Share Image
Time passes, as the novelist says. The single most useful trick of fiction for our repair and refreshment: the defeat of time.… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
“Then he leaned over, right there in the restaurant parking lot, and kissed me. And it wasn’t a friendship kiss, either. It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Jim knew that he was awake and asleep at the same time, dreaming of the war and yet dreamed of by the… — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“Because the American federal government uses mercenaries in warfare and American state governments pay corporations to run prisons, the use of violence… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
I had a job; I was, during the war, a nurse, a 'Gray Lady.' We wore a veil and a gray dress. — Brooke Astor Copy Share Image
And that is what is behind the abrupt rise in climate change denial among hardcore conservatives: they have come to understand that… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
“Get. Up.” Her mouth tightened. “You want to die in this war so badly, then get up.” — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
With regard to precipitous heights, if you are beforehand with your adversary, you should occupy the raised and sunny spots, and there… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“For three years I looked forward very childishly to the war ending at Christmas. But now I look forward till when our… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“Maybe it's the best answer of all. If more people could admit they really don't know, maybe there never would have been… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image