Quotes about war
war numbers hussein
I would wager that the number of civilians that were killed [in] a typical week under Saddam Hussein was probably more than we killed during the weeks we were at war there. Bill Maher
war usa people
The people [in the USA] are not very well informed. They certainly don`t know history. They certainly are not interested in foreign affairs very much, unless it comes right to their doorstep. They all learn history through wars. They learn geography through wars. Bill Maher
war cash campaigns
Funny that all of Nixon's crimes - anonymous campaign cash, wiretapping, undeclared wars - are all legal now. Discuss. Bill Maher
war movement involved
I was involved in the anti-war movement. Bill Ayers
war vietnam movement
The massive anti-war movement, which I was a part of and which was a major part of my life, never stopped the war in Vietnam. Bill Ayers
war egalitarianism white
I wanted a racially just society. I wanted to end wars. I wanted to end white supremacy. I wanted to create a world that was based on egalitarianism, sharing, racial justice. Bill Ayers
war two people
Two thousand people a day were being murdered in Vietnam in a terrorist war, an official terrorist war. Bill Ayers
war victory defeat
I'm not so much against the war as I am for a Vietnamese victory. I'm not so much for peace as for a U.S. defeat. Bill Ayers
war path finals
The only path to the final defeat of imperialism and the building of socialism is revolutionary war. Bill Ayers
war air ifs
If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and lose it quickly. Bernard Law Montgomery
war fighting men
Let no man surrender so long as he is unwounded and can fight. Bernard Law Montgomery
war military fighting
The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the gunners. Bernard Law Montgomery
war book army
Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'... Rule 2 is: Do not go fighting with your land armies in China. Bernard Law Montgomery
war lying communication
The Sappers really need no tribute from me; their reward lies in the glory of their achievement. The more science intervenes in warfare, the more will be the need for engineers in field armies; in the late war there were never enough Sappers at any time. Their special tasks involved the upkeep and repair of communications; roads, bridges, railways, canals, mine sweeping. The Sappers rose to great heights in World War II and their contribution to victory was beyond all calculations. Bernard Law Montgomery
war years ideas
The idea that somebody who has done something horrible in a war is not willing to talk about it for 32 years is hardly a shocking idea. Quite the contrary. Bob Kerrey
war want ganja
When you smoke (ganja) you don't want to war. Bob Marley
war aftermath ancient
All the aftermath that so frequently follows in the wake of war still confront the nation, and we now, as ever before, must hold fast to the ancient landmarks and see to it that all of these plagues that threaten so mightily shall be rendered harmless. Bill Vaughan
war blessed islamic
I want to be the first to bless you on what God has blessed you with - fighting in the heart of the Muslim world that was a battleground for large historic Islamic wars and what is now the place of Islam's greatest war in the present era. Bill Vaughan
war home australia
My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a greater danger at home and abroad. Bob Hawke
war thinking insightful
I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute. Warren Buffett
war gun age
When a new post-war generation has grown to puberty and to youth and to manhood and womanhood, it should read, and it should be realistically told, of the futility, the idiocy, the utter depravity of war. For that matter, this instruction could begin at the age of six with the taking of those toy guns out of those toy holsters and throwing them in the ash-cans where they belong. Edna Ferber
war thinking sides
We think-although of course, now, we very seldom Clearly think- That the other side of War is Peace. Edna St. Vincent Millay
war history mask
The ceding of Alsace-Lorraine is nothing but war in perpetuity under the mask of peace. Edgar Quinet
war would-be littles
It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less frequent. Benjamin Franklin
war thinking has-beens
I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace. Benjamin Franklin
war hands issues
The colonies would gladly have borne the little tax on tea and other matters had it not been that England took away from the colonies their money, which created unemployment and dissatisfaction. The inability of the colonists to get power to issue their own money permanently out of the hands of George III was the prime reason for the Revolutionary War. Benjamin Franklin
war arbitration compromise
When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration? Benjamin Franklin
war men may
Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning. Benjamin Franklin
war fighting liberty
Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own. Benjamin Franklin
war fall government
There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government. Benjamin Franklin
war men tyrants
Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants. Benjamin Franklin
war good-war
There is no good war or bad peace Benjamin Franklin
war unjust gang
A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang as when single; and a nation that makes an unjust war is only a great gang. Benjamin Franklin