War Quotes · Page 472

I just can't vote to go to war unless I think there's a real clear-cut American purpose in the war, that we're…

— Rand Paul

All the persecutors declare against each other mortal war, while the philosopher, oppressed by them all, contents himself with pitying them.

— Voltaire

[Every] hour of delay abates the fame and force of the invader, and multiplies the resources of defensive war.

— Edward Gibbon

Uber sees ride-sharing as a winner-takes-all war and subsequently is willing to offer below-market prices in a bid to crowd out the…

— Anthony Scaramucci

If you are 26 years old and you're waking up under Star Wars sheets... the Force is not with you.

— Gary Gulman

I sat on cushioned otter-skin: My word was law from Ith to Emain, And shook at Invar Amargin The hearts of the…

— William Butler Yeats

“But in battle you cannot tell another when it is his time to enter the World-to-Come, nor is it possible to keep…

— Alice Hoffman

We don't have a war on terror - that's a technique. We didn't have a war on blitzkriegs, and we didn't have…

— Foster Friess

If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the…

— Mark Twain

“As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft…

— Michael G. Kramer

The Communists claim that they liberated the Russian people. Yet, when the Great Patriotic War began, these same Russians greeted their foreign…

— Viktor Suvorov

There are those who would keep us slipping back into the darkness of division, into the snake pit of racial hatred, of…

— Carol Moseley Braun

“In life, as in war, there are many ways to stay alive. But not all of them are right and honourable. The…

— Aviezer Tucker

Marriage equality - I think that it's a constitutionally guaranteed right. Let's end the drug wars. Let's balance the federal budget, and…

— Gary Johnson

A U.S. war with Iran could end with a Kurdish enclave in Iran's northwest tied to Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran's Azeri north drifting…

— Pat Buchanan

What your strengths are are always going to be the things that you're going to go back to, especially in the that…

— Josh Barnett

Appraise war in terms of the fundamental factors. The first of these factors is moral influence.

— Sun Tzu

“Part III: Waken a Statue "You've witnessed horrific wars, but the greatest to be seen lies within yourself.”

— J.R. Vaineo

The war on terror, rebranded under Obama as the "Overseas Contingency Operation," has morphed into war on democracy.

— Henry Giroux

Economic, political and military intervention following the first world war is frequently blamed for current friction between east and west.

— Bettany Hughes

Take away the robots and the special effects, and Star Wars is just the simple story of a group of friends planning…

— Dana Gould

War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost.

— Salvatore Quasimodo

[In] the national and religious conflict of the [Byzantine and Saracen] empires, peace was without confidence, and war without mercy.

— Edward Gibbon

One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you…

— Abraham Pais

A Guy Just Wants peace of mind sometimes. He doesn't want to go to war with the one he loves. He want…

— Enhance Dreams

In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“I’ve learned that effort spent on unwinnable battles is wasted effort. It’s best to simply move on to something worth conquering.”

— John Herrick

“Happiness is just a spicing to life, nothing essential, struggle and war are what has kept the world going around in perfect…

— Hala Alzaghal

When you're just writing, you can do anything with it. But with TV, you've gotta work within certain budget constraints, so you've…

— Austin Butler

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The death of a single human being is too heavy a price for the vindication of any principle, however sacred.

— Daniel Berrigan

The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading…

— Antony Beevor

It's coming, a battle between Starclan and The Dark Forest and every warrior will be called upon to fight.

— Erin Hunter

“He looked like a being who'd voyaged back through time from a world that had overcome illness, pain, and conflict.”

— Walter Kirn

“Maybe this is the way to come out of a war, he thinks. A burned man to care for, some sheets to…

— Michael Ondaatje

“You read a hundred military manuals you won't find the word kill they trick you into killing.”

— Anne Carson

Syria is already in the grips of a civil war, unfortunately enough, and Egypt is moving in that direction. We would like…

— Vladimir Putin

I accept the global complex and global trade more than do some of my liberal colleagues because I consider this a wise…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.

— Charles Evans Hughes

There may be a conflict between softminded religionists and toughminded scientists, but not between science and religion.

— Martin Luther King, Jr