Quotes about war
war europe looks
As you look back in history, we [the United States] have done wonderful things, the Marshal Plan is the most obvious. After World War II, we spent billions of dollars to rebuild Europe or at least part of Europe after the devastation of World War II. We did it out of charity, but we also did it to keep the Russians from getting deeply into Europe. Michael Beschloss
war book missing
And religion causes most of the problems, war, and economics of course, and study your history or you're going to repeat it; and if you're burning a Harry Potter book you need some serious counseling, you don't get it, you're missing the whole point. Michael Berryman
war youth
Sending our youth to war is wrong. Michael Berryman
war color people
Nothing has contributed more to the systematic mass incarceration of people of color in the United States than the War on Drugs Michelle Alexander
war men cities
Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began. There are millions of African-Americans now cycling in and out of prisons and jails or under correctional control. In major American cities today, more than half of working-age African-American men are either under correctional control or branded felons and are thus subject to legalized discrimination for the rest of their lives. Michelle Alexander
war boys eras
John Quincy Adams most certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era. He was a young boy, but he was actively involved. Michele Bachmann
war cutting united-states
Never in the history of the United States have we cut back on troops when we've been at war. Michele Bachmann
war firsts atrocities
The first atrocity, the first war crime committed in any war of aggression by the aggressors is against the truth. Michael Parenti
war military order
Far from being reluctantly propelled into hostilities by popular war fever, leaders incite that fever in order to gather support for their war policies. Thereby do they attempt to distract the public from pressing domestic matters, serve the overseas interests of U.S. investors, justify gargantuan military budgets, and present themselves as great leaders. Michael Parenti
war winning political
Candidates who win while spending less than their opponents still usually have to spend quite a lot. While not a surefire guarantor of victory, a large war chest -even if not the largest-is usually a necessary condition. Money may not guarantee victory, but the lack of it usually guarantees defeat. Without large sums, there is rarely much of a campaign, as poorly funded 'minor' candidates have repeatedly discovered. Michael Parenti
war government movement
A huge national security state has developed in the United States since World War II. Its function is to buttress anticommunist, procapitalist governments and undermine and destroy popular movements whenever possible. Michael Parenti
war political church
Archbishop Romero of El Salvador was a member of the Salvadoran aristocracy. He could not have risen to the top of the church hierarchy otherwise. But after he began voicing critical remarks about the war and concerned comments about the poor, he was assassinated. Michael Parenti
war yellow nurse
So many nurses had turned into emotionally disturbed handmaidens of the war, in their yellow-and-crimson uniforms with bone buttons. Michael Ondaatje
war smart years
Why are you not smarter? It's only the rich who can't afford to be smart. They're compromised. They got locked years ago into privilege. They have to protect their belongings. No one is meaner than the rich. Trust me. But they have to follow the rules of their shitty civilised world. They declare war, they have honour, and they can't leave. But you two. We three. We're free. Michael Ondaatje
war years world
My own family and thousands of other Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. It took our nation over 40 years to apologize Michael M. Honda
war terror war-on-terror
This war on terror is bogus. Michael Meacher
war
I think nothing has been filmed as much as World War II. David Ayer
war native-american animal
The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. Neal Barnard
war support drug
If you support the war on drugs in its present form, then you're only paying lip-service to the defense of freedom, and you don't really grasp the concept of the sovereign individual human being. Neal Boortz
war lying believe
We can lie to ourselves, saying we believe one thing, and sometimes we convince other's it's true, with the hope that by convincing others, we can convince ourselves. Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe. Neal Shusterman
war textbooks lasts
How much do you know about the Heartland War?' Connor shrugs. 'It was the last chapter in our history textbook, but we had state testing, so we never got to it. Neal Shusterman
war play redemption
She smiles at them as they go by and continues to play, making it clear that this furnace of a place, full of planes that cannot fly, is more than it seems. It is a womb of redemption for every Unwind, and fora ll those who fought the Heartland War and lost - which was everybody. Neal Shusterman
war believe want
Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe. Neal Shusterman
war bills unwind
The Bill of Life was signed, the Unwind Accord went into effect, and the war was over. Everyone was so happy to end the war, no one cared about the consequences Neal Shusterman
war hate differences
You see, a conflict always begins with an issue - a difference of opinion, an argument. But by the time it turns into a war, the issue doesn't matter anymore, because now it's about one thing and one thing only: how much each side hates the other. Neal Shusterman
war exercise thinking
The word 'campaign' is a war term. So when you go into a campaign you just prepare to go to war. If you think this is an exercise in civic activity...then you are going to be surprised.-1985 Nancy Pelosi
war iraq president
The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition. Nancy Pelosi
war heart names
You know, God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States, a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy, you name the subject. Nancy Pelosi
war issues people
It is clear that the American people are weary of war. However, Assad gassing his own people is an issue of our national security, regional stability and global security. Nancy Pelosi
war vietnam four
After four or five different wars, I grew weary of that work, partly because in an open war, open to coverage, as Vietnam was, it's not that difficult, really. Morley Safer
war killing payoff
Killing is the payoff of war. Morley Safer
warrior secret way
Cast off limiting thoughts and return to true emptiness. Stand in the midst of the great void. This is the secret of the Way of a Warrior. Morihei Ueshiba
warrior humanity way
The way of the warrior is based on humanity, love and sincerity Morihei Ueshiba