Wars Quotes

1277 quotes by 964 authors

I thought if I could understand why apes get mean and horrible and aggressive when they grow up, maybe I could understand why people get… — Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show you how puffed… — Dario Fo
I think that war is diplomacy by other means, for sure, and there have been wars that have been fought for righteous reasons. There are… — Stephen Lang
The American army between world wars after World War I had virtually disintegrated. It was a very small force, given largely to practicing cavalry charges… — Rick Atkinson
All the religious wars that have caused blood to be shed for centuries arise from passionate feelings and facile counter-positions, such as Us and Them,… — Umberto Eco
When you have been born in a war like me, living in a war as a child, when you have been in wars as a… — Oriana Fallaci
Of all the writers I have read, Vladimir Nabokov has made the biggest impression on me because he, despite living through the 1917 February Revolution,… — Ashwin Sanghi
Capitalism saved the world, and there is even a heretical theory now, moving up from the level of individuals to countries: countries that trade more… — Steven Pinker
The greatest of all crimes are the wars that are carried on by governments, to plunder, enslave, and destroy mankind. — Lysander Spooner
The Philippines and the U.S. have had a strong relationship with each other for a very long time now. We have a shared history. We… — Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Some of the greatest uprisings and consequent civil wars in Mexico have centered squarely on the ownership of land. — Wole Soyinka
Understanding and respecting your roots is critical not only to winning the tech talent wars but leaving a legacy that transcends bottom lines. — Ryan Holmes
Two famous happy warriors - Reagan and his political soulmate, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - knew they were fighting their own ideological and external… — Monica Crowley
WikiLeaks exposed corruption, war crimes, torture and cover-ups. It showed that we were lied to about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; that the U.S.… — Jemima Khan
There are few things more dangerous in a democracy than allowing a President to wage secret wars without the knowledge of the country. — Glenn Greenwald
Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where profits from the… — Sheherazade Goldsmith
Every generation has a macabre notion that wars, government prohibition, natural disasters or mankind itself could be the downfall of society and the world as… — Lauren DeStefano
Ending wars is very simple if you surrender. — P.J. O'Rourke
Each year, every city in the world that can should have a multiday festival. More people meeting each other, digging new types of music, new… — Henry Rollins
Most of wars or military coups or invasions are done in the name of democracy against democracy. — Eduardo Galeano

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