Going To War Quotes

35 quotes by 32 authors

Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children… — Tony Blair
The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology… — Tony Blair
There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me. — Jimmy Carter
Marriage is an adventure, like going to war. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The Romans never allowed a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war over it, because they knew that wars don't just go… — Niccolo Machiavelli
What one Predator drone pilot described of his experience fighting in the Iraq war while never leaving Nevada: 'You're going to war for 12 hours,… — P. W. Singer
Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war. — Robert Higgs
You say, "Well, I am not going to be anyone's 'yes man.' If I see something wrong in a person, I'm going to warn others… — Francis Frangipane
One should never allow chaos to develop in order to avoid going to war, because one does not avoid a war but instead puts it… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay for the effort… — Charles Tilly
The 2.4 million bright, brave, incredibly fit and remarkably talented young Americans who have served in our armed forces since we were attacked on 9-11-01… — Oliver North
If you really look at hip-hop dance, it's really a rites-of-passage thing. You never see the arms release down. They're always up in fighting position.… — Rennie Harris
When Bush first got elected, the very first time there was talk of going to war with Iraq, the mainstream media gave his position total… — Ed Harris
Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity. — David Niven
Mark Kirk: Lied about going to war. Opposed middle class tax cuts. And said unemployment's not that big an issue. — Alexi Giannoulias
Regime change has been an American policy under the Clinton administration, and it is the current policy. I support the policy. But regime change in… — John F. Kerry
George Bush sold us on going to war with Iraq based on the threat of weapons of mass destruction. But we still haven't found them.… — John F. Kerry
It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the… — Thucydides
There is one hell of a difference between fighting in the ring and going to war in Vietnam. — Muhammad Ali
This too is a jihad. Yet we Americans find ourselves in the dangerous position of going to war not against a state but against a… — Chris Hedges

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