War Quotes

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War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. — Hannah Arendt
The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls… — Aristophanes
We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam… — Karen Armstrong
These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of war as are… — William Henry Ashley
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. — Isaac Asimov
John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who… — Isaac Asimov
We released 400,000 classified documents, the most extraordinary history of a war to ever have been released in our civilization. Those documents cover 109,000 deaths.… — Julian Assange
What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend to shape our… — Julian Assange
War is what happens when language fails. — Margaret Atwood
Before the Civil War, Canada was at the top of the underground railroad. If you made it into Canada, you were safe unless someone came… — Margaret Atwood
To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why? — Wystan Hugh Auden
Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up. — Red Auerbach
The purpose of all wars, is peace. — Saint Augustine
Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. — Marcus Aurelius
We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We wished that the program had… — Abu Abbas
As a species, we've somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters, but I sometimes… — Diane Ackerman
Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to… — Dan Aykroyd

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