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War Quotes by Martin Jacques
- Although one of the key justifications for the Vietnam war was to prevent the spread of communism, the U.S. defeat was to produce nothing of…
- The U.S. might enjoy overwhelming military advantage, but its relative economic power, which in the long run is almost invariably decisive, is in decline. The…
- Labour was always aligned with the U.S. during the Cold War, but the ignominious implosion of communism reinforced the belief that no alternative to the…
- After the Meiji restoration in 1868, Japan adopted an expansionist and colonial attitude towards its neighbours. It sought to identify itself with the West and…
- After its defeat in the Second World War, Japan, unlike Germany, failed to show true contrition or give a fulsome apology, though it showered its…
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- Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Upon his royal face there is no note how dread an army hath enrounded him. — William Shakespeare
- Here I and sorrows sit; Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it. — William Shakespeare
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint. — William Shakespeare
- Go, bid the soldiers shoot. — William Shakespeare
- Fight to the last gasp. — William Shakespeare
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes