Only the element of chance is needed to make war a gamble, and that element is never absent. — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
From a young age, I was rubbing elbows with a very different kind of person and social class, and I felt a… — David Lindsay-Abaire Copy Share Image
My father fought in the war, and then he was posted all 'round the world with his job. So I didn't know… — Anne Reid Copy Share Image
Women in close combat units will never work. It's not about physical fitness. It's just that the lads need to know who's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence, I say that we have to get rid of… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Hiroshima and Nagasaki were atomized at a time when the Japanese were suing desperately for peace. ” — David Dellinger Copy Share Image
God doesn't start wars. That's the greatest load of nonsense. Mankind starts wars. But then we bless armies to go and kill… — Betty Williams Copy Share Image
I want to say, and this is very important: at the end we lucked out. It was luck that prevented nuclear war.… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
“It is time to renew the battle for reproductive rights. We have been outmaneuvered, outspent, outpostured, and outvoted by a group of… — Sarah Weddington Copy Share Image
I was after a set of pictures, so that when people looked at them they would say, ‘This is war’-that the people… — W. Eugene Smith Copy Share Image
In the modern-day world, where time is premium and battle for subsistence is unimaginably tough, the hapless common man simply gives in… — Shaffi Mather Copy Share Image
“For realists, the true story of the Civil War illuminates the problem of ostensibly sober-minded compromise with powerful, and intractable, evil. For… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“I averted my eyes, looked around, and stumbled through all the faces in the room till they finally rested on his. He… — Refaat Alareer Copy Share Image
The Syrian war was started and fueled by three countries in the region, namely Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey. They acted for the… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue for at these points - Richmond… — Knute Nelson Copy Share Image
Even my momma asked what I'mma do. Decisions, decisions/ In case this is war, then I load up on all ammunition/ If… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
“Finally, we come to the real thing, the thing that makes men men, the thing were born for, Todd. War.” — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
So long as mankind shall continue to lavish more praise upon its destroyers than upon its benefactors war shall remain the chief… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Have you ever stopped to think? We're old enough to go to war...but we ain't old enough to drink. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
Many, who should know better, think that wars can be decided by soulless machines, rather than by the blood and anguish of… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
It is a conviction that war is not an answer to human conflict any more than cannibalism is an answer to human… — Bruce Kent Copy Share Image
Doing something to make ourselves feel better is beside the real point of defeating Isis and ending the Syrian civil war. — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
In the spirit of the Olympic Games, they traditionally ask that all fighting and warfare around the world stop. So, there's hope… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
During the early months of the war in 1914 there was a conflict of opinion between the War Office and the Foreign… — Philip Gibbs Copy Share Image
“I don’t care if it’s Twilight or Fifty Shades or War and Peace - Never let someone make you ashamed of what… — Rae Carson Copy Share Image
“Why go to war, Papa?” “A hunger for power, fanaticism, megalomania. Endless stupidity. I don’t know what to tell you.” — Andreas Kollender Copy Share Image
“Warriors are warriors not because of their strengh, but because of their ability strengh to good purpose” — Eric Greitens Copy Share Image
Seventeen consecutive years of irregular war, extended years of budget uncertainty, and an increasing complex security environment have eroded our competitive edge. — Mark Esper Copy Share Image
War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Writing about a war will always be political writing, no matter what amount of hermetical hide-and-seek or aesthetical operations are involved. — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
I have a running war with the media. And they sort of made it sound like I had a feud with the… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
What I desire most of you, my son, is never to gamble or swear. These are baneful vices. — Nathan Bedford Forrest Copy Share Image
One of the real ways out of conflict is humour. It builds bridges; it's a weapon against rigid ideology, narrow thinking, intolerance. — Anthony McCarten Copy Share Image
“Today the main source of wealth is knowledge. And whereas you can conquer oil fields through war, you cannot acquire knowledge that… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the… — Dawn Powell Copy Share Image
“Why did I decide to write cyber thrillers? Because we've gone from the Cold War to the Code War.” — Thomas Waite Copy Share Image
“Throughout the history of the Deutschritter the German genius is very evident, romantic idealism implemented with utter ruthlessness.” — Desmond Seward Copy Share Image
“A war was coming. No, it had already started. Vampires versus demons. Demons versus wolves. The enemy of my enemy… Is my… — Cynthia Eden Copy Share Image
