Waged Quotes

118 quotes by 106 authors

Generally the officers of the army were indifferent whether the annexation [of Texas] was consummated or not; but not so all of them. For myself,… — Ulysses S. Grant
Apartheid is a crime against humanity. Israel has deprived millions of Palestinians of their liberty and property. It has perpetuated a system of gross racial… — Nelson Mandela
Every war, when viewed from the undistorted perspective of lifeâ€™s sanctity, is a â€œcivil warâ€ waged by humanity against itself. — Daisaku Ikeda
Peace is a fulltime job. It's protecting civilians, overseeing elections, and disarming ex-combatants. Peace, like war, must be waged. — George Clooney
All wars are waged against children — Eglantyne Jebb
All wars, whether just or unjust, disastrous or victorious, are waged against the child. — Eglantyne Jebb
War is not to be waged in the name of God. — Pope Francis
No one writes better historical fiction than Steven Pressfield. The Afghan War that was waged by Alexander the Great 2000 years ago is eerily similar… — Vince Flynn
The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether… — James Weldon Johnson
War, if reason prevails, is waged to obtain a better peace than that which existed prior to the hostilities. — Bela Kiraly
[democrats] hated Richard Nixon, and no wonder. It was Nixon who sent Alger Hiss to jail, and Nixon who waged the Vietnam War after the… — David Frum
There exists, at the bottom of all abasement and misfortune, a last extreme which rebels and joins battle with the forces of law and respectability… — Victor Hugo
Revolutions are never waged singing "We Shall Overcome." Revolutions are based upon bloodshed. — Malcolm X
War lives on despotism and is not waged with God's love. — Simon Bolivar
The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them. — Mao Zedong
...Bolshevism in its proper perspective, namely, as the most recent development in the age-long struggle waged by the Jewish Nation against...Christ... — Denis Fahey
There is a battle to be waged over what kind of country we are going to leave our children and grandchildren and that battle is… — John Thune
Where once it was the physician who waged bellum contra morbum, the war against disease, now it's the whole society. — Susan Sontag
Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those affected. — Martin Van Creveld
Wars are no longer waged in the name of a sovereign who must be defended; they are waged on behalf of the existence of everyone;… — Michel Foucault

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