Quotes about war
war play hug
I will not play at tug o' war, I'd rather play at hug o' war Shel Silverstein
war kissing winning
I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins. Shel Silverstein
war devil rooms
In time of war, the Devil makes more room in Hell. Sharon Kay Penman
war texas president
Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence...and we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas. Natalie Maines
war faces murder
Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
war mean doe
Peace does not mean just to stop wars, but also to stop oppression and injustice. Tawakkol Karman
war hate racism
Focusing on being a person instead of an Asian or an [anything] seems to promote a worldview that encourages people to treat others based on what each person has specifically done in their life, which seems like it would reduce such things as war, racism, unfairness, "hate crimes," [other things most people feel aversion toward]. Tao Lin
war dark night
Let them make their war. Whence come night and day? Whence will the eagle become gray? Whence is it that night is dark? Whence is it that the linnet is green? The ebullition of the sea, How is it not seen? Taliesin
warrior ravens leader
From warriors ravens grew red And with their leader a host attacked. Taliesin
war fighting men
I think its man's nature to go to war and fight. Talib Kweli
war civilized
War is not civilized. Talib Kweli
war eye hands
He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at everyone in the room. It was a terrible gaze, mad or maybe furious and full of fear of death... Then something incomprehensible and frightening happened. ... He suddenly lifted his left hand as though he were pointing to something above and bringing down a curse on us all. ... The next moment, after a final effort, the spirit wrenched itself free of the flesh. Svetlana Alliluyeva
warrior light giving
The more light in your composition, the more generous you are. That is the first sign of a true light warrior. They give without waiting for you to ask. They give without expecting to be repaid. They give to strangers and even offer help to enemies. And sadly, because their light is so bright, they also attract tons of bugs and flies their way. Suzy Kassem
war ideas doors
We cannot control the way people interpret our ideas or thoughts, but we can control the words and tones we choose to convey them. Peace is built on understanding, and wars are built on misunderstandings. Never underestimate the power of a single word, and never recklessly throw around words. One wrong word, or misinterpreted word, can change the meaning of an entire sentence - and even start a war. And one right word, or one kind word, can grant you the heavens and open doors. Suzy Kassem
warning lines example
Everybody's life is either a warning or an example. You've got to decide what you're gonna be and you have to draw a line in the sand. Tony Robbins
war political election
The closer one gets to elections or wars, the further one gets from the truth. Tony Blankley
war thinking long
I opposed the Suez war, I opposed the Falklands war. I opposed the Libyan bombing and I opposed the Gulf war and I never believed that any of those principled arguments lost a single vote - indeed, I think they gained support though that was not why you did it. What has been lacking in Labour politics over a long period is a principled stand Tony Benn
war failure diplomats
All war represents a failure of diplomacy. Tony Benn
war thinking iraq
Undoubtedly the war with Iraq was a tragedy. I think it was also a crime. Tony Benn
war july play
We have been in recess since July, and during that time there have been a fuel crisis, a Danish no vote, the collapse of the Euro and a war in the middle east, but what is our business tomorrow? The Insolvency Bill [Lords]. It ought be called the Bankruptcy Bill [Commons], because we play no role. Tony Benn
war school government
After the war people said, 'If you can plan for war, why can't you plan for peace?' When I was 17, I had a letter from the government saying, 'Dear Mr. Benn, will you turn up when you're 17 1/2? We'll give you free food, free clothes, free training, free accommodation, and two shillings, ten pence a day to just kill Germans.' People said, well, if you can have full employment to kill people, why in God's name couldn't you have full employment and good schools, good hospitals, good houses? Tony Benn
war stress people
What we are determined to do is to take more people from Syria and that war-torn part of the world as a response to this particular crisis, but again I stress we are taking people from camps because the last thing we want to do is to encourage and reward people smuggling.We are taking people from camps and we are taking family groups; our focus will be on family groups, from persecuted minorities. Tony Abbott
war chance dictator
Sometimes, and in particular dealing with a dictator, the only chance of peace is a readiness for war. Tony Blair
war iraq views
The view we took at the time and we take it now is that the war was justified legally because he [Saddam Hussein] remained in breach of UN resolutions. Tony Blair
war class
The class war is over. Tony Blair
war people way
People should go about their daily lives, to work, to live, to travel, to shop, to do the things people did in the same way as they did them before 11 September. Tony Blair
war thug reality
We've seen the reality of Saddam's regime: his thugs prepared to kill their own people, the parading of prisoners of war and now the release of those pictures of executed British soldiers. Tony Blair
war tyrants justice
There can be no freedom for Africa without justice; and no justice without declaring war on Africa's poverty, disease and famine with as much vehemence as we remove the tyrant and the terrorist. Tony Blair
war thinking government
I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament. Tony Blair
war iraq wmd
In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD. Tony Blair
war hate wish
Those who have experienced the most, have suffered so much that they have ceased to hate. Hate is more for those with a slightly guilty conscience, and who by chewing on old hate in times of peace wish to demonstrate how great they were during the war. Thor Heyerdahl
war believe heroism
I don't believe in war as a solution to any kind of conflict, nor do I believe in heroism on the battlefield because I have never seen any. Thor Heyerdahl
war judging mind
Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II. Thor Heyerdahl