I am here because I think it was a terrible sin of the west to allow those years of war. — Paddy Ashdown Copy Share Image
“For every year of peace there have been four hundred years of war.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Perhaps wars weren't won anymore. Maybe they went on forever. Maybe it was another Hundred Years' War. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“All through those years of war, the bread tasted of humiliation.” — Stephen P. Kiernan Copy Share Image
“It may take three years, it may take five, it may take ten, but that will be the war of Indo-china.” — Ho Chi Minh Copy Share Image
And then I went to the University of New Hampshire for two years, and then the war came along. — Betty Hill Copy Share Image
Up until the 17th century, Germany was far more advanced, but then everything devastated by the 30 Years War began to fall… — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
“The years after the war saw the growth of copper, gold, and tin mining. As always, the profits flowed out of the… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
There was no really good true war book during the entire four years of the war. The only true writing that came… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Most books, after all, are ephemeral; their specifics, several years later, inspire about as much interest as daily battle reports from the… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“the command and control “is ugly, but it works on the ground.” Actually, it didn’t. This problem would not fully be resolved… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
“Hundred years war between England and France. The term ok comes from the tax collectors in England. They needed to know how… — Lost LeBlanc Copy Share Image
“The Seven Years War of 1756–63 has often been considered the first ‘world war’. It certainly shares its European origins with the… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
There has never been a century that has not had a systemic war - a systemic war, meaning when the entire system… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“Those years [as the war progressed] would show, in the American system, how when a question of the use of force arose… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
The enemy is still proud and powerful. He is hard to get at. He still possesses enormous armies, vast resources, and invaluable… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
When I left to go into apprenticeship in 1949, it was only four years after the war, and people don't realize, we… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
I find it scandalous not only that there was so little discussion of the costs of the Iraq war before we went… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
America could carry on a two years' war by the confiscation of the property of disaffected persons, and be made happy by… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“In the Hundred Years’ War that dragged France and England through the 14th century, both sides would have liked to quit but… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
I've spent too many years at war with myself, the doctor has told me it's not good for my health. — Sting Copy Share Image
“What’s this war called again?” “The Hundred Years War.” “Hmmmm, got a bad feeling about this one.” — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
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