Conflicts Quote by Omar El Akkad

“Always remember that, in a modern environment, wars last longer and kill more people than is typically planned.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“That generation was inoculated against any attempt in its own country by its own leaders to foment a war by shouting rhetorical slogans or…

— Norman Moss

“One of the most startling commentaries on this century is the fact that millions more have died at the hands of their own governments…

— Charles W. Colson

“A nation that fails to recognize and appreciate history is destined for decay.”

— Mark Mortensen

“it is a constant of history that nations which start wars find it very hard to stop them.”

— Max Hastings

“a nation is totally geared to the waging of war, it had better ensure that war keeps occurring somewhere; and”

— James A. Michener

“No one ever wins a generational war.”

— Warren Adler

“The cost of war is a lifelong legacy borne by children.”

— Chanrithy Him

“nationalism will always produce at least one war each generation. It has done in the past, and I suppose we can rely on it…

— Aldous Huxley

“Since history, war has always been the same. Old men talking, young men dying.”

— Kiana Davenport

“Our lives and the lives of future generations do not only depend on the conflicts that take place, but also on the solutions we…

— Widad Akreyi

“There is no nation in the history that has not experienced bloodshed and murdering. We all have committed the same mistakes in a different…

— M.F. Moonzajer