“In a battle ‘Alī confronted a powerful enemy and after a fierce fight was able to throw the enemy to the ground… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I… — Imelda Marcos Copy Share Image
Injury is the thing every exhausting piece of strategy and every single weapon is designed to bring into being: it is not… — Elaine Scarry Copy Share Image
You don't have to be Sigmund Freud to surmise that war has a perverse appeal for the human race, nor is the… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
“Kiaran and I have little connection beyond our names. We battle, bleed and hunt together almost every night. He teaches me how… — Elizabeth May Copy Share Image
War contributes greatly to global warming, which shouldn't surprise us. All those bombs going off, all those rockets, all those planes and… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
There is little chance that aliens from two societies anywhere in the Galaxy will be culturally close enough to really 'get along.'… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
I think wars, climate change, all that stuff is going to move people. And so I wanted to say, "What if the… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“In trench warfare five things are important: firewood, food, tobacco, candles, and the enemy. In winter on the Zaragoza front they were… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
During the civil war, the Sudanese government armed the Misseriya nomads as proxy. Even though both groups had coexisted quite well prior… — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share Image
Israel is now sustaining a war for its own existence. A nation defending its citizens against terrorist bombings and a military and… — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
War is hugely profitable. It creates so much money because it's so easy to spend money very fast. There are huge fortunes… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
Not only did waging war against Hitler fail to save the Jews, it may be that the war itself brought on the… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“Because by definition they lack any such sense of mutuality or wholeness, our specializations subsist on conflict with one another. The rule… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“bigger picture. I ceased explaining the why behind the what. I’ve learned that effort spent on unwinnable battles is wasted effort. It’s… — John Herrick Copy Share Image
Does history warrant the conclusion that religion is necessary to morality - that a natural ethic is too weak to withstand the… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
To be a patriot, one had to say, and keep on saying, "Our Country, right or wrong," and urge on the little… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The Sun Tzu School Ping-fa Directive. Be strong and continually aware. Manage your strength and that of others. When essential, engage on… — David G. Jones Copy Share Image
“Bob,” she said, “I love you so and want you with me, but you are lying to me, and you are lying… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
“Few indeed are those who get a choice. We do as we are told. We stand or fall beside those who were… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“Pallas dropped to his knees in front of Damen, almost glowing with the distinction of what his three victories allowed him to… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
Every writer has his writing technique - what he can and can't do to describe something like war or history. I'm not… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The recent arrest of Younis Tsouli in the United Kingdom was no doubt a significant victory in the war against online terrorism.… — Evan Kohlmann Copy Share Image
The rock is a field of battle between our weakness and our strength. We wouldn't touch rock if we were perfectly self-controlled.… — Royal Robbins Copy Share Image
“War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“In the early months of World War II, San Francisco's Fill-more district, or the Western Addition, experienced a visible revolution. On the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Conflict is the result of the presence of evil in the world. It’s a simple fact of our lives on this planet… — Sean Wesley Copy Share Image
It was part of war; men died, more would die, that was past, and what mattered now was the business in hand;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And do you know the oddest thing about murder and war and violence? The oddest thing is that they all go against… — Cat Winters Copy Share Image
“Combat is fast, unfair, cruel, and dirty. It is meant to be that way so that the terrible experience is branded into… — Bruce H. Norton Copy Share Image
“Modifying Clausewitz’ aphorism—war is the continuation of diplomacy by other means—one could say that in ideologically divided countries civil war is but… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
And here and now we must insist again that fidelity, honor, and love of country demand untrammeled debate and open dissent. At… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
There has not been a war in South America for fifty years, and I have every confidence that the countries of Central… — Frank B. Kellogg Copy Share Image
“Yes, the worst parasites. We reproduce with no internal limitations. We consume and destroy and make war. We have no predator except… — Ryan Winfield Copy Share Image
Michael Flynn, national security adviser, [his reaction] to the Iranian missile test the other day was very frightening. Now the missile test… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“For several crucial days, I believe, Kennedy and Khrushchev were each privately prepared to back down, “but not yet,” as they sparred… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
“The order of battle used by the Roman army is very difficult to break through, since it allows every man to fight… — Polybius Copy Share Image
The wise man prefers the left, the man of war prefers the right. Weapons are instruments of fear, they are not a… — Lao Tsu Copy Share Image