“There's a strange contradiction revealed by the naivete and kindness demonstrated by humanity when faced with the universe: On Earth, humankind can… — Cixin Liu Copy Share Image
My mother's sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in… — Buffalo Bill Copy Share Image
Rule 1, on page I of the book of war, is: "Do not march on Moscow". Various people have tried it, Napoleon… — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
We could say that compassion is the ultimate attitude of wealth: an anti-poverty attitude, a war on want. It contains all sorts… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“You played it with great seriousness. And it is not such an uncommon game. Do you know Ibsen's poem -- To live… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“To make peace is not a passive endeavor, but rather an activist mindset that works toward the end of conflict. In our… — Dillon Burroughs Copy Share Image
“We live and die by the media. Every time we’re launching a book, I’ll build a battle map that literally breaks down… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
NASA was invented as a response to Cold War steps. There are those who presumed that we went to the moon because… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Just as we responded following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and just as an earlier generation rallied in a united front… — Abigail Spanberger Copy Share Image
“I am going to be pretty intolerant of behavior that demonstrates an absence of trust, or a focus on individual ego. I… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
“WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It… — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
“As we watched, the regulations imposed by our government, churches, and press; combined to establish our country’s new internal warfare. Fought on… — James W. Scott Copy Share Image
“I will give you war; a real war, not a slaughter of women and children but a war lead by me, the… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To say that war is madness is like saying that sex is madness: true enough, from the standpoint of a stateless eunuch,… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Each time a new war is disclosed in the name of the fight of the good against evil, those who are killed… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
I don't think he fully analyzes the situation. If you destabilize [Bashar] Assad and punish Assad, you do embolden terrorists. You embolden… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Everything that is of authentic value in life has arisen out of meditation. There is no other way. Meditation is the mother… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
We can safely make one prophecy: whatever the outcome of this war, the British Empire is at an end. It has been… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
As a soldier, I've served with the most brave people in an institution that's built on integrity, honor, and duty. This is… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
“I dispute the point that nuclear energy is 'clean' and 'cost-effective'. As I recall, when we first harnessed nuclear power it was… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
At the beginning of June 1944, the war was reaching a climax. German troops had been brutalised by the savagery of the… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
While the war in Iraq was raging, I spent some time in neighbouring Jordan, meeting with Iraqi refugees who fled their country… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
There is reason to say that negotiations with the North Koreans are not easy, they may not succeed, but they may be… — Robert Gallucci Copy Share Image
Syrians need to prepare for the aftermath if the Assad regime falls. Atrocities that could be considered war crimes have been committed… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
The United States has used force abroad more than 130 times, but has only declared war five times - the War of… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
“But you can’t make war personal,” I say, “or you’ll never make the right decisions.” “And if you didn’t make personal decisions,… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
I said earlier [2015] year that I thought we'd get to 10 or 20 bucks [per barrel ] because that's the marginal… — Gary Shilling Copy Share Image
“When you understand the power of praise, you cannot waste precious time on cursing the enemy, but rather be steadfast in praising… — Gift Gugu Mona Copy Share Image
What armies and how much of war I have seen, what thousands of marching troops, what fields of slain, what prisons, what… — Clara Barton Copy Share Image
“Perhaps we didn't win anyway. (the Cold War) Perhaps they just lost. Or perhaps, without the bonds of ideological conflict to restrain… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
I have this very kind of like heterodox idea of what an education is, what underpins identity. I don't think I'm very… — Lydia Polgreen Copy Share Image
“The taxi driver is someone who spends all day driving in city traffic (an activity that provokes either heart attack or delirium),… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Everybody's gotta have somebody to step on. Makes 'em feel important.' 'But there have to be better, more productive ways of proving… — Juliann Garey Copy Share Image
“The military estate is most honored. But what is war, what is needed for success in military affairs, what are the morals… — Leo Tostoy Copy Share Image
The essence of liberalism is negotiation, a cautious half measure, in the hope that the definitive dispute, the decisive bloody battle, can… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
“Science and religion stand watch over different aspects of all our major flashpoints. May they do so in peace and reinforcement--and not… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“Medical research conducted during the Iraq War has confirmed that immediate administration of morphine following a traumatic event can prevent post-traumatic stress… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
There were two different expectations in this land of the future. On the one hand the the optimistic belief in an unending… — Jürgen Moltmann Copy Share Image