War Quotes · Page 520

“The right of war and peace is in the nation. where else should it reside but in those who are to pay…

— Thomas Paine

“Preparing for war, as was well known in other lands but perhaps not then in that one, is usually a self-fulfilling precaution.”

— Dave Duncan

“Dear Daughter, Declare war against things that waste your time, if you want to experience open doors in your lifetime.”

— Gift Gugu Mona

Revenge by young men is considered gain, even at the cost of their own lives, but old men who stay at home…

— Chief Seattle

God has been pleased to save us during the years of war that have already passed. We pray that He may be…

— Eamon de Valera

I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to…

— Gene Tierney

“When faithful Christianity is defined primarily as, “protecting the truth, insulating our children, and surviving the onslaught of competing thoughts,” the battle…

— David T. Olson

“When does one qualify (for moksha)? It is when he never has any conflict in the worldly life.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Either way, the anger will come out onto us because we are his safety net, and therefore his target. We are the…

— Meg Meeker Md

Whatever the label on the parties, or the war cries issuing from the demagogues who lead them, the practical choice is between…

— H. L. Mencken

“Personally I think that competition should be encouraged in war and sport and business, but that it makes no sense in the…

— Edward St. Aubyn

Persons grouped around a fire or candle for warmth or light are less able to pursue independent thoughts, or even tasks, than…

— Marshall McLuhan

“Do you have still the dye with which to turn your tunic red?’ ‘The madder? Yes, I do.’ ‘Enough of it for…

— M.C. Scott

Well, I know about loneliness. I won't talk about it, but I was very lonely after the war. I know what it…

— Charles M. Schulz

“Handing me a pen is like handy a madman a knife...at the end of it you know you'll end up with a…

— D.E.M. Emrys

Two persons have been elected to the offices of President and Vice-President exclusively by the people of ONE SECTION of the country...A…

— John Willis Ellis

Every thought is a battle, every breath is a war, and I don't think I'm winning anymore.

— Brittany

To struggle and battle and overcome and absolutely defeat every force designed against us is the only way to achieve.

— Nannie Helen Burroughs

Peace we want because there is another war to fight against poverty, disease and ignorance.

— Indira Gandhi

In case we have to shoot Democrats. It happened during the Civil War, and it could happen again.

— P. J. O'Rourke

You don't go to war with the President you want, you go to war with the President you have

— Jeff Rich

MSNBC policy requires journalists to report any potential conflict of interest and to seek approval from the president of NBC News before…

— Bill Dedman

John Glenn's father, known as Herschel, was mostly deaf from injuries in World War I. To help out at home, young Glenn…

— Bill Dedman

Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. They're usually fought for hegemony, for business. And then of course there's the business of…

— Arundhati Roy

Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake.

— Bennie Thompson

Now if these men do not die well, it will be a black matter for the king who led them to it.

— William Shakespeare

War is always a failure. It means we've failed in diplomacy and we've failed in talking to one another.

— Martin Firrell

For those who are fighters rather than defeatists, a battle is over when it's impossible to win.

— Ana Kasparian

My ancestors came over from Germany about the time of the Civil War and one of them lost a leg and went…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I disapprove of lots of decisions made by George Bush: the war, the meddling in the affairs of other countries, the conversations…

— Tommy Hilfiger

There are seven emotions: joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate, and if a man does not give way to these…

— Ieyasu Tokugawa

“Well,” he said at last, “if you guys elect me leader, you must be even crazier than I am. So let’s build…

— Rick Riordan

I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.

— Abraham Lincoln

“The whole war between the atheist and the theist comes down to this: the atheist believes a 'what' created the universe; the…

— Criss Jami

It's natural to have butterflies, sweaty palms... that's a good sign you're prepared for battle, prepared to take on something difficult.

— Karch Kiraly

“We can borrow from the moneylenders in York.’ ‘We burned York two winters ago,’ Drogo pointed out.”

— Robert Lyndon

Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor. Here brave men struggled and died for the right as…

— Adlai Stevenson I

No Carthaginian denied Moloch, because to do so would have required more courage that was required to face death in battle.

— Bertrand Russell

I believe in MasterPeace. World leaders cannot push back armed conflict alone. We need the whole world to make this happen.

— Desmond Tutu

Of course I deprecate war, but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home.

— James A. Garfield