Quotes about war
war long alternatives
A long war almost always places nations in this sad alternative: that their defeat delivers them to destruction and their triumph to despotism. Alexis de Tocqueville
war cutting class
Mark Kirk: Lied about going to war. Opposed middle class tax cuts. And said unemployment's not that big an issue. Alexi Giannoulias
war outlook-on-life world
If the whole world went vegan, there would be less war. How you eat determines your mood and your outlook on life. Alexandra Paul
war jumping hatred
You can't rewind war. It spools on, and on, and on, looping and jumping, distorted and cracked with age, and the stories contract until only the nuggets of hatred remain and no one can even remember, or imagine, why the war was organized in the first place. Alexandra Fuller
war fighting men
The land itself, of course, was careless of its name. It still is. You can call it what you like, fight all the wars you want in its name. Change its name altogether if you like. The land is still unblinking under the African sky. It will absorb white man's blood and the blood of African men, it will absorb blood from slaughtered cattle and the blood from a woman's birthing with equal thirst. It doesn't care.
war
Anyway, there were more after the war than before. Hutton Gibson
war
If it were a fact, it wouldn't be called intelligence. Donald Rumsfeld
war
I can't find a reason to be for this war. I've looked, and I can't, so I'm not. Chris Matthews
war
A war is a horrible thing, but it's also a unifier of countries. Clint Eastwood
warn
I have to warn you, I'm not just some sitcom guy. I'm now an author. Bob Newhart
war
The media is not at all homogeneous in the way it tells us about war.
war thinking iraq
I don’t think that [the war in Iraq] damaged our reputation around the world. Dick Cheney
war thinking law
I think the key that happened on 9/11 is we went from considering terrorist attacks as a law enforcement problem to considering terrorist attacks, especially on the scale we have on 9/11, as being an act of war.
war believe opposites
Another argument holds that opposing Saddam Hussein would cause even greater troubles in that part of the world, and interfere with the larger war against terror. I believe the opposite is true.
war blow mind
It's very important to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling these events as criminal acts, which was the way we did before 9/11, and then looking at 9/11 and saying, 'This is not a criminal act,' not when you destroy 16 acres of Manhattan, kill 3,000 Americans, blow a big hole in the Pentagon. That's an act of war.
war believe president
I do not believe the President requires any additional authorization from the Congress before committing US forces to achieve our objectives in the Gulf.
war two iraq
Two days ahead of schedule, the world witnessed the arrival of a free and sovereign Iraq.
war heart successful
If we're successful in Iraq ... we will have struck a major blow right at the heart of the base, if you will, the geographic base of the terrorists who have had us under assault now for many years, but most especially on 9/11.
war thinking months
My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. . . . I think it will go relatively quickly, . . . [in] weeks rather than months.
war lying opportunity
"Oil remains fundamentally a government business. While many regions of the world offer great oil opportunities, the Middle East with two-thirds of the world's oil and the lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies, even though companies are anxious for greater access there, progress continues to be slow."
war mind answers
The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.
war military mind
...And while everybody was tremendously impressed with the low cost of the conflict, for the 146 Americans who were killed in action and for their families, it wasn't a cheap war. And the question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.
war home fighting
We're fighting a war on terror because the enemy attacked us first, and hit us hard. ... Al Qaeda's leadership has said they have the right to kill four million Americans,... For nearly six years now, the United States has been able to defeat their attempts to attack us here at home. Nobody can guarantee that we won't be hit again. ...
war mistake fall
Because if we make the wrong choice, then the danger is that we'll get hit again, that we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States, and that we'll fall back into the pre-9/11 mind set if you will, that in fact these terrorist attacks are just criminal acts, and that we're not really at war. I think that would be a terrible mistake for us.
war people perspective
From our perspective, trying to deal with this continuing campaign of terror, if you will, the war on terror that we're engaged in, this is a continuing enterprise. The people that were involved in some of those activities before 9/11 are still out there.
war thinking two
I think the record speaks for itself. These are two individuals who have been for the war when the headlines were good and against it when their poll ratings were bad.
war allies congress
It's awfully hard to convey a sense of credibility to allies when you [the Congress] voted for the war and then you declared: Wrong war, wrong place, wrong time.
war thinking iraq
I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.
war successful winning
After 9/11, it became clear that we [the United States] had to do several things to have a successful strategy to win the global war on terror, specifically that we had to go after the terrorists wherever we might find them, that we also had to go after state sponsors of terror, those who might provide sanctuary or safe harbor for terror.
war fall community
Being in Cuba has allowed me to live in a society that is not at war with itself. There is a sense of community. It's a given in Cuba that, if you fall down, the person next to you is going to help you get up. Walter Benjamin
warrior oppression has-beens
Being a warrior and being a struggler has been forced on me by oppression, otherwise I would have been free to be so much more.
war hate struggle
I hate war, and I hate having to struggle. I honestly do because I wish I had been born into a world where it was unnecessary. This context of struggle and being a warrior and being a struggler has been forced on me by oppression. Otherwise I would be a sculptor, or a gardener, carpenter - You know, I would be free to be so much more… I guess part of me or a part of who I am, a part of what I do is being a warrior - a reluctant warrior, a reluctant struggler. But I do it, because I’m committed to life.
war lying heartless
I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the mindless, heartless, robots who protect them and their property.