I have to admit that I only read 'War and Peace' when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“On the morning after battle the crows had feasted on victors and vanquished alike. How much can a crown be worth when… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The archduke will see you now,” Bishop Riphaen said to von Pappenheim, interrupting his wishful thinking. “And he is most eager to… — Stephen A. Reger Copy Share Image
“In essence, the constituencies for war and interventions that have dominated U.S. policymaking since the start of the Cold War are alive… — James McCartney Copy Share Image
' It doesn't take a Hero to order men into battle. It takes a Hero to be one of those men who… — Andrew Guzaldo Copy Share Image
He says we need to live in the real world, where war and death are a reality, not pretend. — Pittacus Lore Copy Share Image
I spend money on war because it is necessary, but to spend it on science, that is pleasant to me. This object… — George III Copy Share Image
In songs and movies they say that they lose the battle but win the war, but I can see that I am… — Jamie-Leah Copy Share Image
Look at all the conflict between tribes, nations, and religions. They need their enemies, because they provide the sense of separateness on… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“I never was the type of noblewoman to stay by the hearth while the men rode into battle anyway. As my father… — Mark Noce Copy Share Image
In short, it may be said that on paper the obligations to settle international disputes peacefully are now so comprehensive and far-reaching… — Arthur Henderson Copy Share Image
Whenever you have a possibility of going in two ways, either for peace or for war, for peaceful methods of for military… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
Well, I actually grew up in the sixties. I feel very lucky, actually, that that was my slice of time that I… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
“When people discuss the drug war, they are usually referring to the one that began in the 1970s, without realizing that this… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Unless Russia is face with an iron fist and strong language, another is in the making. Only one language do they understand… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
“War has frightful beauties which we have not concealed; it has also, we acknowledge, some hideous features. One of the most surprising… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
You're beautiful in battle. ... Like an avenging angel come to deliver the justice of heaven." "Funny. That is kind of why… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“Hector had no virtue?” “Of course he did. He won all his battles, till the last one.” “We all do,” Aeneas remarked.” — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I was told my son was killed in the war on terror. He was killed by George Bush's war of terror on… — Cindy Sheehan Copy Share Image
We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II. — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
The greatest statesmen, philosophers, humanitarians ... have not been able to put an end to war. Why place that demand on photography? — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
A war is going to destroy our economy even further. It's going to be a threefold humanitarian disaster. — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
“He supposed that they were part of an amazing new phase of World War Two. It was all right with him. Everything… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“These men, these bitches of their boneless limbs – didn’t they know being a woman meant being at war?” — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Where principles and heart stand in conflict with each other, let us make the law of the spirit free from the law… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone… — Lajos Kossuth Copy Share Image
“The war had funneled men and women into familiar channels. Anton’s girls were performing their impressions of what girls were supposed to… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
The battle thing is very important in hip-hop, but at the same time, I want to sit down and have a beer… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
That is the only way to survive in the Premier League. Every game is a battle, whether you're playing the top team… — Andre Schurrle Copy Share Image
For the sake of peace, religious beliefs must never be allowed to be abused in the cause of violence and war. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The only conflict that is possible in Soviet culture is the conflict between good and best. — Andrei Zhdanov Copy Share Image
Three cheers for the war. Three cheers for Italy's war and three cheers for war in general. Peace is hence absurd or… — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
“...much of modern military tactics is geared toward maneuvering the enemy into a position where they can essentially be massacred from safety.” — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
Obama has been the single worst president in modern American history in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
Today, shooting wars are won or lost before they start. If they are fought at all, they would be fought principally to… — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
