Wisdom Quote by Herman Wouk

“When military men take over, honest men dance to the strings they pull. Your life is no longer your own.”

— Howard Fast

“There is no cheating in war; there are only survivors and victims.”

— Brent Weeks

“It is up to all of us to fight our unrelenting enemies—complacency, overconfidence and conceit.”

— Alan C. Greenberg

“We couldn’t change anything, and in times of war, people become helpless and vulnerable.”

— Shannon A. Thompson

“... as long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will…

— Edward Gibbon

“As a civilian, I know nothing about combat, the Marine Corps experience or modern man's struggle adjusting to peace after war. I only know…

— Tiffany Madison

“There are times for war—many times. But sometimes it’s necessary to risk speaking the truth of our own vulnerabilities.”

— Andrea Cremer

“wisdom is the perfect weapon for fighting off perpetual adversities in life.”

— James Ngumayo

“Every crisis is a wisdom crisis. If you have no peace around you then you lack wisdom.”

— Patience Johnson

“Building a life on solid accomplishment is more difficult than being an antiwar veteran and confessing one's guilt in public.”

— J. Glenn Gray

“What worries me is that out of so much hatred for the military, out of fighting them so much and thinking about them so…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“It is impossible not to make mistakes during a war.”

— Roma Tearne