“...Aureliano sympathized with the Liberal attitude with respect to the rights of natural children, but in any case, he could not understand… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
You’ve got to be kidding me. I thought you were the most powerful of beings. Even the gods fear you. (Stryker) We… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“He who gives himself up like a prisoner of war must give up his weapons as well. And deprived in advance of… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
WE MADE A MONSTER OF HITLER, A DEVIL. THAT IS WHY (THEREFORE) WE COULD NOT AFTER THE WAR SAY OTHERWISE. WE HAD… — James Baker Copy Share Image
“The conservatives had started bringing demagoguery to the table on the [Afghan] war issue the previous fall [fall 2006]. Whenever opposition members… — Lawrence Martin Copy Share Image
“As with equality, the neoconservatives, and now conservatives more generally, frame themselves as enthusiastic promoters of democracy; they frequently promote democracy as… — George Hawley Copy Share Image
“The Ganeva conference on Indochina agreements stated that the south of Vietnam would be handed over to a provisional administration after two… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
Women should be permitted to volunteer for non-combat service... We have no real way of knowing whether the kinds of training that… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
If we had a hydrogen economy worldwide, every nation on earth could create its own energy source to support its economy, and… — Dennis Weaver Copy Share Image
“It's interesting that when these individuals choose-and it is their choice always-to endure voluntary amputations for their own personal benefit, society professes… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
We have a number of very powerful women in the world now - Mrs. [Angela] Merkel, who the Germans call Mutti. What… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I know that in the battle of ideas, Republican politicians are at a distinct disadvantage. Their fundamental philosophy - which I characterize… — John Yarmuth Copy Share Image
In ancient times, bodily strength and dexterity, being of greater use and importance in war, was also much more esteemed and valued,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Wars--and what is war except crime on a mass scale?--destroy rather than produce. The vandal that destroys a window causes not only… — Adam Young Copy Share Image
Failure of government programs prompts more determined effort, while the loss of liberty is ignored or rationalized away...whether is it is the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The message is for everybody who wears the uniform: get ready. The United States will do what it takes to win this… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Now there’s us, staking out our piece of cinematic turf (might be small but it’s ours). And the music has to fit… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
[regarding US conquest of the Philippines] "I turn green in bed at midnight if I think of the horror of a year's… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Reconstruction was a vast labor movement of ignorant, muddled, and bewildered white men who had been disinherited of land and labor and… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
If I would be born in New Zealand, maybe, I would never write the Polish Requiem or pieces which were connected with… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
We are not taught to fear our politicians, who can debase our currency, throw us in prison and send us to war… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
Presentation is a big thing now. They want to see you come out big. They want to see neon lights. That's like… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Whoever has the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you try to dominate people you are already… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
It just seems like the most successful, iconic love stories are not so easy or escapist. I think the ones that stay… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
Every time we make a movie, 'Guardians' included, 'Black Panther' included, 'Infinity War' included, we just feel lucky to be making that… — Kevin Feige Copy Share Image
I played several maids in my career. I was tired of the maid after 'Far From Heaven.' I said, no more maids.… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Now you know well that the most deadly foes of the Catholic religion have always waged a fierce war, but without success,… — Pope Pius IX Copy Share Image
Throughout the ages, Christians have adapted John of Patmos's visions to changing times, reading their own social, political and religious conflicts into… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
In Iraq, State Department civilians and U.S. soldiers have been operating in the same location in an active war zone. While the… — Erik Prince Copy Share Image
“Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America nor, for that matter, in Germany.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Most combat ops consisted of running somewhere or huddling behind cover shooting at some half-glimpsed figures in the distance. What really tired… — C.J. Carella Copy Share Image
Our emphasis here is based not only on the growing seriousness of drug-related crimes, but also on the belief that relieving our… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The machine does not teach playing flexibility, does not help in taking account of human facxtors in the battle, and on whole,… — Sergei Shipov Copy Share Image
Law enforcement in the United States, thanks largely to the war on drugs; routinely targets people of color often living in ghetto… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“She consoled herself with the thought that the pictures were graphic enough to shake people up, stop them being complacent about what… — Tatjana Soli Copy Share Image
An overview of all wars since the establishment of the Bank of England in 1694 suggests that most of them would have… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
Once and for all the idea of glorious victories won by the glorious army must be wiped out. Niether side is glorious.… — Peter Weiss Copy Share Image
I've worked for four presidents, and I've concluded that almost nothing is inevitable. History is to a significant extent the result of… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image