Victory in combat is like sex with a prostitute. For a moment you forget everything in the sudden physical rush, but then… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
I think we're living in an age which despises humanity and despises bravery and doesn't need bravery because modern warfare has rather… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
To go back to a moment of Western civilization remote enough in time so that we should be able to look at… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. It is a choice… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
As a rider, you must slowly and methodically show your horse what is appropriate. You also have to discourage what's inappropriate, not… — Buck Brannaman Copy Share Image
“Hence the vocation of the Church of Christ in the world, in political conflict and social strife, is inherently eschatological. The Church… — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
“Tis no use fighting with the lass," Niall said wearily. "You will lose the battle, Gunnolf. No matter what it is about."… — Terry Spear Copy Share Image
“Fighting makes us feel alive, until it kills us. If it doesn’t kill us, the pain of sitting alone with ourselves, quietly,… — Agnostic Zetetic Copy Share Image
The inconveniences and horrors of the pox are perfectly well known to every one; but still the disease flourishes and spreads. Several… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I am drawn towards the sort of characters who are in situations where they don't want to be in. But that's a… — Vikramaditya Motwane Copy Share Image
We think. We are not peasants. We are mechanics. But even the peasants know better than to believe in a war. Everybody… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
We did not think about the personal nature of killing in the air. We were proud of every victory in the air,… — Gunther Rall Copy Share Image
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Where, indeed. Many a badly stung survivor, faced with the… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
I believe serious progress (in the abolition of war) can be achieved only when men become organized on an international scale and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The original asylum process was created during the 'cold war.' In the United States Refugee Act of 1980 America was happy to… — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
I know Hillary Clinton as a person. And as a personal friend, I would say yes, she'd be a good president. But… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
If you were to do the world championship of victimhood in modern times, then the finals would probably be between Jews and… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
“The civil machinery which ensured the carrying out of this law, and the military organization which turned numbers of men into battalions… — Richard Rhodes Copy Share Image
As an observer, you can clearly see that Western countries are war-weary and don't want to be pulled into new conflicts. They… — Ronald Lauder Copy Share Image
“Wars have a way of overriding the days just before them. In the looking back, there is such noise and gravity. But… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“It's all nonsense. It's only nonsense. I'm not afraid of the rain. I'm not afraid of the rain. Oh, oh, God, I… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“Sir, you think doubtless that all is for the best in the moral and physical world, and that nothing could be otherwise… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
President Bush bet his presidency-and America's world leadership-on the war in Iraq. Tragically, it looks as though he bit off more than… — Mort Kondracke Copy Share Image
There's one bright spot in the generally gloomy picture know as the Pacific Conflict Zone. According to my calculations, by the year… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
“Charlotte was used to all the marks of war: the shabbiness of things, bad food, shop queues, posters about the war effort,… — Penelope Farmer Copy Share Image
“Asymmetries in hedonic and instrumental consequences can also lead to the formation and maintenance of beliefs that can have more serious consequences,… — Thomas Gilovich Copy Share Image
It may come as a surprise but I also really started to get into history while I was at school. I found… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
After World War II, a lot of people moved to the cities for work and abandoned the old vineyards. Then in the… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
“Although the final battle is yet to come, Jesus already reigns in the hearts of believers. We have the King of kings… — Dianne Neal Matthews Copy Share Image
“To address this, we must wage a war on the militants. First, we must make it an offence, punishable by many years… — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
“After the removal era initiated officially in 1830 and the Seminole Wars of the 1840s, most Americans had the misperception that not… — Mark Edwin Miller Copy Share Image
“Putin’s invasion of Ukraine isn’t a staring contest. It’s a land grab, the first of this scale since World War II. But… — Katy Tur Copy Share Image
Being Muslim has become synonymous with pointed questions, with tension and mistrust, even with conflict. It has become a global phenomenon with… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“THIS IS THE STORY of the great war that Rikki-tikki-tavi fought single-handed, through the bathrooms of the big bungalow in Segowlee cantonment.… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“Deep down, I have come to the conclusion that the reason (children) are such a low priority to the great human institutions… — Wess Stafford Copy Share Image
And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
“In nuclear war, except for the evil forces, no one is a winner. Science and humanity become the villains. Everyone knows that,… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
Do the best. Never afraid of consequences. Remember you have power to face every obstacle. Your strength will make you to win… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
The systematic, wanton, and long continued agitation of the slavery question, with the actual and threatened aggressions of the Northern States and… — Isham G. Harris Copy Share Image
