“The occupying Russians, when they discovered that we were Americans, embraced us and congratulated us on the complete desolation our planes had… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
But through world wars and a Great Depression, through painful social upheaval and a Cold War, and now through the attacks of… — Nick Rahall Copy Share Image
“In a battle which might interest scholars of modern urban warfare, the Conduit Street Comanche whipped the tar out of an irregular… — Kim Newman Copy Share Image
“So before and during the war, the Bush administration had to build up an image in people's minds of Iraq as a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The accidents of my life have given me the ability to make stories in which different parts of the world are brought… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Until the June 1967 war I was completely caught up in the life of a young professor of English. Beginning in 1968,… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
“A few casualties always come with the war,” Zadok answers. I stare at him for a moment, caught off-guard by his merciless… — C.R. Beck Copy Share Image
Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy, were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who… — Gordon Sinclair Copy Share Image
“The war was a long way away. Maybe there wasn't any war. There was no war here. Then I realized it was… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
We say that if America has entered the war to make the world safe for democracy, she must first make democracy safe… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Media censorship is a prohibition of words and pictures. The war on drugs is a complete failure, and so is the American… — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
“They watched as the Shaw brothers played tug of war with a crocodile over what Travis would guess was a nine-point buck.… — Shelly Laurenston Copy Share Image
'Baahubali' team is not after numbers. If we would have been number guys, we would have never made a film with such… — Rana Daggubati Copy Share Image
“The writer is an infantryman. He knows that progress is measured in yards of dirt extracted from the enemy one day, one… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Because I was playing Idi Amin, who dealt with the colonisation issue, I became aware of this internalised conflict of what it… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
You need contrast and conflict in order to tell a story. Stories need to have dark and light, turmoil, all those things.… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
“I led my portion of the rearguard across the open ground to the right of the prince’s battalion, and surged into the… — David Pilling Copy Share Image
“There are days when I almost forget that I fought in that war. It was such a long time ago. I was… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory is won, whereas he who is destined… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I want people to be inspired! To remember how hard-fought the battle for the vote was, the debt we owe to women… — Sarah Gavron Copy Share Image
“I took a deep breath. "I'm sorry I lied, I like your Star Wars sheets, you're not that bad of a driver,… — Gemma Halliday Copy Share Image
“not heaven and earth and the great seas, not the creatures that live in the water and on dry land, not plants,… — Basil the Great Copy Share Image
“The crisis isn’t over. The prospect of nuclear war has never been greater. The United States is so close to invading Cuba… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Many times I felt like I'd do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because… — Ray Harryhausen Copy Share Image
The importance of fear as a factor in war-making cannot be overlooked, and can hardly be overestimated. Any politician can play on… — Maude Royden Copy Share Image
Even the building of a second British empire in the 19th century never fully healed the wound of losing America, and the… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
“I detested their blind, thoughtless, automatic acquiescence to it all, their simpleminded patriotism, their prideful ignorance, their love-it-or-leave-it platitudes, how they were… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Desire! It carries us and crucifies us, delivers us every new day to a battlefield where, on the eve, the battle was… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“The disposition, in any conflict, to side with ‘them’ against ‘us’, and the felt need to denigrate the customs, culture and institutions… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The revelation of the secret of water will put an end to all manner of speculation or expediency and their excrescences, to… — Viktor Schauberger Copy Share Image
“King! Did you hear that? What did I say? The hands of a healer, I said.’ And soon the word had gone… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, there's no getting around it: people have to work for their happiness. We go into battle every day, and we have… — Robin Schwarz Copy Share Image
I wonder, sometimes, whether men and women in fact are capable of learning from history--whether we progress from one stage to the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
After the turmoil of the Second World War, my family ended up in Russian-occupied East Germany. When I attended fourth grade, I… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
“It is no disparagement to truth, that it can only prevail where reason prevails. War begins where reason ends. The thing worse… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“General Patton, upon seeing the Roman ruins at Agrigento, remarked to a local expert, “Seventh Army didn’t cause that destruction, did it,… — Robert M. Edsel Copy Share Image
From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who… — Margot Asquith Copy Share Image
People ask me about 'The Hurt Locker' a lot, and it's an incredible piece of filmmaking - as are 'Band of Brothers'… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
“In a certain sense the country of ‘Russia’ as such did not exist: it had for centuries been an empire, whether in… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
Since the outbreak of war, there has been in our country a steady increase in the consumption of spirits, wine and beer.… — William Lyon Mackenzie King Copy Share Image
