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American poetry has been part of a culture in conflict…We are a people tending toward democracy at the level of hope; at… — Muriel Rukeyser Copy Share Image
We must learn the correct lessons from the U.S. war on terror, which, far from making the U.S., its citizens and interests… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
Political scientists after World War II hypothesized that even though the voices of individual Americans counted for little, most people belonged to… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
When industry people see something different they don't know what to do with it, so filmmakers who make films about women, they… — Signe Baumane Copy Share Image
Constancy, far from being a virtue, seems often to be the besetting sin of the human race, daughter of laziness and self-sufficiency,… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
I never met David Kelly, but I knew from what he told other people that this was not his view. The BBC… — Alastair Campbell Copy Share Image
In the United States at present the 'culture wars' of the last thirty years have now produced a horrid stand-off which compels… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
To say that we're going to end countries or eradicate terrorism, and that it's a long war over many years, with many… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
We have come far, but there is an ongoing battle to be fought. Many of the issues the Suffragettes were dealing with… — Sarah Gavron Copy Share Image
“Uncle Wiggens ain't really my uncle, everyone just calls him that. He's over eighty and fought in the War Between the States.… — Kristin Levine Copy Share Image
They, and we, are the legacies of an unbroken chain of proud men and women who served their country with honor, who… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Have you ever dealt with people who have lost everything in just an hour? In the morning you leave the house where… — Russian General Aleksander Lebed Copy Share Image
“I always liked your piety, Jack.” “I’m a lot cuter than the women of your generation,” Betsy said, playing up to Capers… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
I was kind of feeling a spiritual need all those years. My wife Geraldine and I went to an Episcopalian Church for… — Robert Novak Copy Share Image
For when there is victory, when battles are won, when burdens are lifted, when bright shines the sun, when struggling souls gather… — Tom Krause Copy Share Image
“...and how is a man to know the habits of their God, whether He smites suddenly or withholds, if you mishandle the… — David Jones Copy Share Image
“We have been silent witnesses of evil deeds; we have been drenched by many storms; we have learnt the arts of equivocation… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The art of fiction has not changed much since prehistoric times. The formula for telling a powerful story has remained the same:… — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
“It’d be easy to blame everything on 9/11 or the wars that came after. It’s really about the choices we made. By… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
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“But for them—as for anyone—survival isn’t enough. So what began as a last-ditch effort has become a battle cry for something greater.… — Jessica Bruder Copy Share Image
Mattis has been sharply critical of President Barack Obama's policies on Iran and Obama's capping of troop numbers and campaign end-dates in… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
If I liken the Pacific War to a football match, I can say to you that the first half is over, we… — John Curtin Copy Share Image
Despite all the videos you see from the Ministry of Defence or the Pentagon, and all the sanitised language describing smart bombs… — Marie Colvin Copy Share Image
President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
We are afraid of the known and afraid of the unknown. That is our daily life and in that there is no… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The complaint of the depressive individual, “Nothing is possible,” can only occur in a society that thinks, “Nothing is impossible.” No-longer-being-able-to-be-able leads… — Byung-Chul Han Copy Share Image
By citing the UN Charter I indicate that the defensive party to the conflict should use only proportionate force, try to avoid… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
“What passing bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifle's rapid rattle… — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the cause of our contemporary pessimism is our tendency to view history as a turbulent stream of conflicts – between individuals… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“For anyone with eyes to see, there can be no doubt that religious faith remains a perpetual source of human conflict. Religion… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
I see conflict. But the conflict is what makes it relatable. I'm conflicted; you're conflicted. I'm not perfect - nobody is. I'm… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
“If the Pentateuch is not inspired in its astronomy, geology, geography, history or philosophy, if it is not inspired concerning slavery, polygamy,… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I have served many long and lonely years aboard ship in war zones, and the only thing that kept me sane during… — Don Pendleton Copy Share Image
The dream of Europe is a region of freedom and peace, of security, law, democracy, tolerance and mutual respect. If you look… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
I have no connections here; only gusty collisions, rootless seedlings forced into bloom, that collapse. ... I am the Visiting Poet: a… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
I appeal for cessation of hostilities, not because you are too exhausted to fight, but because war is bad in essence. You… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is important to emphasize that guerrilla warfare is a war of the masses, a war of the people. The guerrilla band… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
“I saw no unity of purpose, no consensus on matters of philosophy or history or law. The very facts were shrouded in… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image