“Ignorance was the enemy. Lies and superstition, misinformation, disinformation. Sometimes, no information at all. Ignorance killed billions of people. Ignorance caused the… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
When public leaders turn public debates into words of war - 'enemies' 'go to hell' 'attack' - they are enabling the edgiest… — Charlie Baker Copy Share Image
There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common… — Jeannette Rankin Copy Share Image
I studied about the internment of Japanese Americans during the Second World War and about how the Constitution was written by men,… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
The thing about science-fiction fans and "Star Wars" fans is they're very independent-thinking people. They all think outside the box, but they… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Young people in college were not even born when the Berlin Wall fell, and so they are not really cognizant of the… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
Those who are skilled in combat do notbecome angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise… — Zhuge Liang Copy Share Image
When these resources are degraded or polluted, then there are fewer of them for the rest of us, and then we start… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because¦ No matter how pathetic the reason, its enough to start war. War will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“By 2003, I found myself in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now that I was a one-star admiral leading troops in a… — William H. McRaven Copy Share Image
“Reading contemporary accounts brings home the fact that of any battle or campaign there are at least for different versions. One is… — Philip Warner Copy Share Image
In the ancient world individuals have sold themselves as slaves, in order to eat. So in society. Here is a witch-doctor who… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
My parents probably feel closer to the U.S. They feel America came to our rescue in the war and all that sort… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
The war on drugs has gone on for about forty-five, fifty years - and it's been a complete failure. If you had… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The war on drugs is wrong, both tactically and morally. It assumes that people are too stupid, too reckless, and too irresponsible… — Larry Elder Copy Share Image
The freedom to express yourself without fear - that perhaps is something we in the U.S. take for granted. It's almost inconceivable… — Friedrich St. Florian Copy Share Image
“[Standing armies] constantly threaten other nations with war by giving the appearance that they are prepared for it, which goads nations into… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Withal I did infer your lineaments, Being the right idea of your father, Both in your form and nobleness of mind; Laid… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
He had somehow, with all his modesty, the rare faculty of controlling his superiors as well as his subordinates. He outfaced Stanton,… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
I would rather be the author of one original thought than conqueror of a hundred battles. Yet moral excellence is so much… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
Maybe in this Star Wars world maybe subconsciously I was preparing myself. But I've just found all of my ideas I've been… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
Everything's got a purpose, really - you just have to look for it. Cats are good at keeping old dogs alive. Loss… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
We've had a culture war roaring away, and the kinds of people who want to abuse and discriminate against gay people who… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
I suspect the soviets never did want to use those bombs. The most Stalinist of Soviet hard-liners - Stalin, for example -… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The history of American women is about the fight for freedom, but it's less a war against oppressive men than a struggle… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
“It is a tale that is told, from which we may draw the knowledge and comprehension needed for the future. The disproportion… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Now Christianity sounded good at first to the naive convert. Love, peace and charity - what's wrong with that? I'll tell you… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“The weapons of our warfare, and which alone are powerful to break down the strongholds of error, are not carnal, but spiritual.… — John Newton Copy Share Image
I don't think drugs should be illegal. I'm not an advocate of everybody running out and using drugs, but I think the… — Sonny Barger Copy Share Image
I try to keep deep love out of my stories because, once that particular subject comes up, it is almost impossible to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Following the war in Europe a large increase of European immigration to the United States is to be expected, of which the… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
I was a bit of a delinquent growing up, a very poor student - I nearly failed several grades before dropping out… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
The intelligence community is so vast that more people have top secret clearance than live in Washington. The U.S. will spend more… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
Sen. Edward Kennedy knows very directly. Senator Kennedy and I talked on several occasions prior to the war that my view was… — David Kay Copy Share Image
“The struggle for power conducted along logical lines is much more likely to occur in smoke-filled rooms than at the polls. The… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
The murder clearance rate now in my city Baltimore is almost non-existent. Nobody can solve a murder, nobody can do any actual… — David Simon Copy Share Image
“At a little over six feet tall, he is slender with enough muscle to show that he's not a pussy in battle.… — Erin Hayes Copy Share Image
We're living in an age of genocide. ...And we do believe that there is not only the genocide of war, and the… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
“This took place just before the war, in the relatively rosz times, when we were euphoric with the imminence of disaster –… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image