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Best War Quotes by Noam Chomsky
- The war against working people should be understood to be a real war…. Specifically in the U.S., which happens to have a highly class-conscious business…
- Peace is preferable to war. But it’s not an absolute value, and so we always ask, “What kind of peace?
- Whatever the reasons may be, I was very much affected by events of the 1930s - the Spanish Civil War, for example, though I was…
- Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World War II, dominance…
- A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.
- A siege is an act of war.
- Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy.
- In general, I think, U.S. policies remain constant, going back to the Second World War. But the capacity to implement them is declining.
- When General Allenby conquered Jerusalem during World War I, he was hailed in the American press as Richard the Lion-Hearted, who had at last won…
- A number of analysts have observed that although bin Laden was finally killed, he won some major successes in his war against the U.S.
- The prescription for endless war poses a far greater danger to Americans than perceived enemies do, for reasons the terrorist organisations understand very well.
- The Iraq War was the first conflict in western history in which an imperialist war was massively protested against before it had even been launched.
- Pre-emptive war might fall within the framework of international law.
- The target of preventive war must have several characteristics. It must be virtually defenceless; it must be important enough to be worth the trouble; it…
- Washington still refuses to provide evidence to support the claims in 1990 that a huge Iraqi military build-up on the Saudi border justified war.
- Since the civil war in Laos was resumed in earnest in 1963, American participation has been veiled in secrecy.
- The American escalation of the war in Laos provoked a response by the Communist forces, which now control more of Laos than ever before.
- The Washington leadership has put aside non-proliferation programmes and devoted its energies and resources to driving the country to war by extraordinary deceit, then trying…
- In November 2004, U.S. occupation forces launched their second major attack on the city of Falluja. The press reported major war crimes instantly, with approval.
- On October 15, 1965, an estimated 70,000 people took part in large-scale anti-war demonstrations.
- The argument that resistance to the war should remain strictly nonviolent seems to me overwhelming.
More War Quotes
- 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… — 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… — Karen Armstrong
- These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of… — 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… — 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… — Julian Assange
- What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend… — Julian Assange
- War is what happens when language fails. — Margaret Atwood