Wartime Quotes

66 quotes by 61 authors

When I was a child - in wartime, pre-television - books were my life. — A. S. Byatt
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. — Winston Churchill
My decision to begin research in radio astronomy was influenced both by my wartime experience with electronics and antennas and by one of my teachers,… — Antony Hewish
The crisis of our diminishing water resources is just as severe (if less obviously immediate) as any wartime crisis we have ever faced. Our survival… — Jim Wright
One keeps healthy in wartime...by a vigorous assertion of values in which war has no part. — Randolph Bourne
There is no working middle course in wartime. — Winston Churchill
Those who have been immersed in the tragedy of massive death during wartime, and who have faced it squarely, never allowing their senses and feelings… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Patriarchy requires violence or the subliminal threat of violence in order to maintain itself... The most dangerous situation for a woman is not an unknown… — Gloria Steinem
Sometimes animals may suffer more because of their more limited understanding. If, for instance, we are taking prisoners in wartime we can explain to them… — Peter Singer
Surely no rational or realistic person will discount the possibility that [during wartime] the United States might suddenly resort to nuclear weapons. Those who retain… — Noam Chomsky
Truth is always the first war casualty. The emotional disturbances and distortions in historical writing are greatest in wartime. — Harry Elmer Barnes
Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling ones pulse and taking ones temperature.… — Winston Churchill
I would say the special experience of American wartime policy in the last 40 years, from Vietnam on, is that the war itself became controversial… — Henry A. Kissinger
The moral certitude of the state in wartime is a kind of fundamentalism. And this dangerous messianic brand of religion, one where self-doubt is minimal,… — Chris Hedges
In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves. — George H. Mead
No time to spare: the expression assumed its full significance, as so many expressions do in wartime. — Guy Sajer
Wartime CEO is too busy fighting the enemy to read management books written by consultants who have never managed a fruit stand. — Ben Horowitz
I have to express sympathy from the bottom of my heart to those people who were taken as wartime comfort women. As a human being,… — Shinzo Abe
My wartime experiences developing a code that utilized the Navajo language taught how important our Navajo culture is to our country. For me that is… — Chester Nez
Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime. — Alphonse Allais

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