“Seek silence in the midst of the tumult, seek solitude in the masses, light in the midst of darkness; find forgetfulness in… — Michael Molinos Copy Share Image
The private citizen today has come to feel rather like a deaf spectator in the back row, who ought to keep his… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Could the peaceable principle of the Quakers be universally established, arms and the art of war would be wholly extirpated: But we… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
In the ranks of the movement [National Socialist movement], the most devout Protestant could sit beside the most devout Catholic, without coming… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“One of the striking things about places heavily contaminated by radioactive nuclides is the richness of their wildlife. This is true of… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
In 1940 I was just turning 5 years old and being taken to the movies. For those of us who were not… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“What we have to do now, then, Sir, is to lay your request before the daughters of educated men and to ask… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
It is so inspiring to see a new group coming together not to focus on a particular war or weapons system, but… — Medea Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Yeah, it's a bum rap, basically―it's like referring to Soviet-style bureaucracy as "socialism," or any other term of discourse that's been given… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
And if you look at all this academic work in the conferences and so on there's a constant theme that terrorism is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“When you are a soldier you do not always realize there is anything beyond the will of your commander, the will of… — Hazel B. West Copy Share Image
The Second World War had a precipitating effect in that it discredited the empires, as well as bankrupting them. Not only could… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
We [with Shindzo Abe] should understand that the results of that terrible tragedy of the 20th century, namely World War II, are… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I was so happy that it filmed in New York not only because it's an amazing city, but also because a lot… — Alicia Witt Copy Share Image
I had seen nothing sacred, and the things that were glorious had no glory and the sacrifices were like the stockyards at… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“I approached you, and you whispered, “NO!” You resisted me, yet in your eyes, flesh craves bloody conflict. You came as a… — Amany Al-Hallaq Copy Share Image
I think the people at my record label know I'm a Christian and again, I've been really blessed that I've never had… — Jonny Lang Copy Share Image
Whatever your sex or position, life is a battle in which you are to show your pluck, and woe be to the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It could well be argued that the continuing rights abuses of the present Iraqi regime, if it is allowed to survive, will… — Frederick Forsyth Copy Share Image
“That night, genocide had begun that would last until the end of the war. November 9, 1938; would go down in history,… — Roberta Kagan Copy Share Image
“When I got back to my billet I found my farmer at table with his wife and niece. “Tell me,” I said… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“What inducement has the farmer, while following the plough, to lay aside his peaceful pursuit, and go to war with the farmer… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
During the war one accepted indifferent after-dinner coffee as a necessity, but when, after the war, one sought to find the coffee… — Constance Spry Copy Share Image
The scientific and technological discoveries that have made war so infinitely more terrible for us are part of the same process that… — Lester B. Pearson Copy Share Image
When confronted with a direct threat to American security, Obama has shown he is willing to act unilaterally - in a targeted,… — David E. Sanger Copy Share Image
I definitely believe in legalizing drugs. It does take the mystery away. It takes the money away, so suddenly there are no… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
“Fair has no place in this world. Only infants whine about fairness. Men have more important battles to fight … And life, like… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture,… — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
Ender stepped under the water and rinsed himself, took the sweat of combat and let it run down the drain. All gone,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia authorities face the complicated task of stabilising and reviving a devastated economy after years of regional conflicts,… — Stanley Fischer Copy Share Image
Conflicts are increasingly causing devastation in densely populated urban centres rather than open battlefields, creating a host of new problems through the… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
To me, you can't win. You can't win. There's a war in Iraq; there's no way that they're ending that. The war… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
“Oh dear. I do believe this is self-pity. I am imagining myself dramatically dead, tragically taken from you and even more lamentably… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
I felt like power meant that you had to be engaged in a certain kind of struggle by force of movement and… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Off they go on this sort of camping trip to Iwo Jima, where they're taken around and shown where all the battles… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“She knew better. Everyone above the age of three knew the stories of the creature who wore a black battle suit with… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“You cannot become a peacemaker without communication. Silence is a passive aggressive grenade thrown by insecure people that want war, but they… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
The idea of progress - the notion that human history is the history of human betterment - dominated the world view of… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
We've been at war for 10 years with this generation of Marines. We've seen women do a whole lot of things between… — Loretta Reynolds Copy Share Image