“And William says, "I lost one son utterly."... ..."So I've held my tongue. But the truth is you didn't go to war.… — Robert Olen Butler Copy Share Image
“We know that psychology is tremendously important in war. It is a field unlimited in extent, to which every conscientious soldier should… — Adolf Von Schell Copy Share Image
We talk of regional conflicts, of economic and social crises, of political instability, of abuses of human rights, of racism, religious intolerance,… — Poul Hartling Copy Share Image
“Iturbide exclaimed: "Don't frighten me, General!" "Don't be frightened," said the General in a calm voice. "Go to Mexico, even if they… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
“Wars and revolutions and battles, you see, are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The weapons that were once outside sharpening themselves on war are now indoors there, in the fortress, fragile in glass cases; Why… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
We were very poor and my family lost everything during the war - our home and our identity. But I'm a believer… — Sigmar Polke Copy Share Image
the American public has been delicately insulated from the actuality of our ongoing wars. While a tiny fraction of men and women… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
“Many more have died of attempting love than victory, and countless numbers hate love more than war. Honor has often been the… — Patricia Storace Copy Share Image
So you see, when war comes to one’s village, one’s doorstep, it isn’t tragic and impersonal any longer. It is just an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Barack Obama is not a man of The Gut, and it is driving official Washington crazy. This is a good thing, because… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
War is part of our history, but it is not in at all the same sense part of our prehistory. It is… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
What Churchill described as the twin marauders of war and tyranny have been almost entirely banished from our continent. Today, hundreds of… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
If I seek to fulfill my own needs at the expense of my partner, we are sure to experience unhappiness, resentment, and… — John Gray Copy Share Image
“What war did for him (hasten disillusionment with communism), childbirth did for me. I began to notice what neglected, neurotic waifs the… — Joy Davidman Copy Share Image
I hate war, and I hate having to struggle. I honestly do because I wish I had been born into a world… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
“The crossbow would develop into a highly formidable weapon over the course of the Hundred Years War, but at this stage of… — David Green Copy Share Image
I had a very difficult father. I lived in a war zone. My parents were very unhappy, and I lived through my… — Penny Junor Copy Share Image
In life, it is never the big battle, the big moment, the big speech, the big election. That does not change things.… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
“The whole business of the bourgeois and the class war was different from what we proles were told. These people were sure… — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
The genocide will not necessarily take the form of war, or death camps. Most likely it will take the form of ecocide,… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I cherish the memories of a question my grandson asked me the other day when he said, 'Grandpa, were you a hero… — Richard Winters Copy Share Image
World War II proved a hypothesis that Alexis de Tocqueville advanced a century before: the war-fighting potential of a democracy is at… — David Frum Copy Share Image
Over the last 30 odd years, Democrats have moved to the right and the right has moved into the mental hospital. So… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
It's not unusual for me to spend three or four days a week watching eight or 10 hours of fights. Even if… — Dan Hardy Copy Share Image
Are some flowers more beautiful than others? The garden is beautiful. Do I prefer brother over brother? Comparisons are part of this… — Peter Tosh Copy Share Image
“Those years [as the war progressed] would show, in the American system, how when a question of the use of force arose… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
“I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“Every major war in American history, except the Mexican and Spanish-American, has either led to central banking or resulted from it. Central… — Mark David Ledbetter Copy Share Image
You're so young, you're so damaged. What are you fighting for little one? Who are you against? A war against yourself inside… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What do I actually mean when I say 'delusion'? I mean the absurdity of the claim that the excessive atomic armament of… — Christa Wolf Copy Share Image
“ On the ghosts in Moorehawke & Into The Grey/Taken Away : The ghosts ...are symbolic of those unresolved moments in history… — Celine Kiernan Copy Share Image
“The terror and consternation of the Presidential couple may be imagined by anyone who has ever loved a child, and suffered that… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Writes Webber: This conflict of style has continued in the twentieth-century debate about traditional versus contemporary worship. Traditional worship seems to be… — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image
Better that right counsels be known to enemies than that the evil secrets of tyrants should be concealed from the citizens. They… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
How much atonement is enough? The bombing must be allowed as at least part-payment: those of our young people who are concerned… — Clive James Copy Share Image
There was a very serious communist strain among American intellectuals before the war. America was a more tolerant place in those days,… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
“Page-one news as it occurred, the story of the comics controversy is a largely forgotten chapter in the history of the culture… — David Hajdu Copy Share Image
There's no other way to learn about it, except through documentaries. I encourage documentarians to continue telling stories about World War II.… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
“In a city swollen by refugees but still mostly at peace, or at least not yet openly at war, a young man… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
![“Those years [as the war progressed] would show, in the American system, how when a question of the use of force arose in government, the advocates of force were always better organized, seemed more numerous and seemed to have both logic and fear on their side, and that in fending them off in his…” quote by David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/david-halberstam-9032_fear_those-years-as-the-war-progressed-would_2965982.png)
