We human beings do a lot of dumb things, and war is certainly the dumbest. — Natalie Babbitt Copy Share Image
Speeches made to the people are essential to the arousing of enthusiasm for a war. — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
There are plenty of laws to protect guys' money even in war time but there's nothing on the books says a man's… — Dalton Trumbo Copy Share Image
“Don’t do anything harsh, Arrov,” I say. “You’ll kill him!” Callum smirks. “No, he won’t.” “Yes, he will,” Teague says.” — S.G. Blaise Copy Share Image
“We look to ourselves to find the reflection of others. That is the origin of all wars.” — Dahlia L. Summers Copy Share Image
Move over, Helen of Troy; Jenny Trout is going to wage a war on good health and fit bodies! — Jennifer Armintrout Copy Share Image
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace. — Herodotus Copy Share Image
The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not be swayed by petty doubts. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“A sonnet might look dinky, but it was somehow big enough to accommodate love, war, death, and O.J. Simpson. You could fit… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
Religion and science both profess peace (and the sincerity of the professors is not being doubted), but each always turns out to… — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
“I can't understand how people can have grown up in the eighties, amidst all this competitive spirit, gangster battles, hiphop - and… — Martinus Hendrikus Benders Copy Share Image
“My generals should be like bull terriers on chains, and they should want war, war, war ... But what happens now? I… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“That our selves and all men are apt and prone to differ it is no new Thing in all former Ages in… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
We might adapt for the artist the joke about there being nothing more dangerous than instruments of war in the hands of… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
“The Procrustean bed. . .suggests itself with dispiriting aptness as a metaphor for the Culture Wars, right down to the blandishments with… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
As soon as I moved to Princeton in 1978, I became fascinated by local history, much of it Revolutionary War-era; and I… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
As I was writing 'The Shock Doctrine', I was covering the Iraq War and profiteering from the war, and I started to… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
You are green, it is true; but they are green also. You are all green alike. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A war was coming either way. Now all I had to do was choose my opponent — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
It had been a war of kingly poisons, in the air, in the memory, in the blood. — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead. — Alexander Suvorov Copy Share Image
Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars. — Anwar Sadat Copy Share Image
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
One of the first rules of warfare is to make your adversaries respond to you. — Michael Waltz Copy Share Image
