Quotes about war
war growing-knowledge machines
We continue to receive reports that the morale of some elements is being damaged, .. They are being affected by the impunity with which NATO aircraft can operate over Kosovo and Serbia, the accuracy and the growing knowledge.. of deployed locations. In summary, NATO has eroded the capability of Milosevic's war machine and it is being further reduced as each day goes by.
war color white
Now each one of us, black or white, is a symbol. The war is out in the open and the skin color is a uniform. All the deep and basic similarities of the human condition are forgotten so that we can exaggerate the few differences that exist. John D. MacDonald
war opposites knowing
With acting, you wanna see if you can get into trouble without knowing how you're gonna get out of it. It's like the exact opposite of war, where you need an exit strategy. When you're acting, you should get all the way into trouble with no exit strategy, and have the cameras rolling. John Cusack
war military borders
Once you have opened up prisoner interrogation, wiretapping, border patrol, jailing and the services of the military, when this has been turned into a for-profit business in this endless war, then we're in deep trouble.
war years two
Two hundred years ago the first liberal economist, Adam Smith, warned businessmen that they could absorb only a certain amount of rigidity. In the easy days after World War II... wage rises could be financed out of inflationary price increases. John Chamberlain
war fall dark
With psychedelics, if you're fortunate and break through, you understand what is truly of value in life. Material, power, dominance, and territory have no value. People wouldn't fight wars, and the whole system we have currently would fall apart. People would become peaceful, loving citizens, not robots marching around in the dark with all their lights off. Gary Fisher
war people body
Politics is never about the people. It's about money. And wars. And how many heads you can step on and bodies you can step over. And I'm just not that kind of person. Gary Coleman
war coffee winning
The Imperial Service could win a war without coffee, but would prefer not to have to. Lois McMaster Bujold
war grandparent german-history
I am imprinted with the whole sense of European history, especially German history, going back to World War I, which really destroyed all the old values and culture. My grandparents had been reasonably well-off but they became quite poor, living in an attic apartment. Lisel Mueller
war majors involved
The major wars that the U.S. became involved in are all ethically defensible. Liu Xiaobo
war
War is just to those to whom war is necessary. Livy
war arms no-hope
...war is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
war upset irrationality
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
war people political
Most politicians - those people who live, eat and breathe politics - like to sit around and talk about politics and tell political war stories. Reagan didn't do that. His war stories were movie war stories and Hollywood war stories. He loved that. Lyn Nofziger
war survivor modern
In modern warfare there are no victors; there are only survivors. Lyndon B. Johnson
war crime organized-crime
Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.
war decision arbitrary
If a single act of folly was more responsible for this explosion than any other it was the arbitrary and dangerous announced decision that the Straits of Tiran would be closed. The right of innocent, maritime passage must be preserved for all nations
war vietnam-war stills
We still seek no wider war.
war enemy vietnam
Our objective in South Vietnam has never been the annihilation of the enemy. It has been to bring about a recognition in Hanoi that its objective - taking over the South by force - could not be achieved.
war unconditional-love poverty
This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty.
war tired night
I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I'm tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war.
war history political
The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me.
war america tomorrow
This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.
war risk conflict
We Americans know - although others appear to forget - the risk of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war.
war tired simple
We do this in order to slow down aggression. We do this to increase the confidence of the brave people of South Vietnam who have bravely born this brutal battle for so many years with so many casualties. And we do this to convince the leaders of North Vietnam-and all who seek to share their conquest-of a simple fact: We will not be defeated. We will not grow tired. We will not withdraw either openly or under the cloak of a meaningless agreement.
war hands government
We don't propose to sit here in our rocking chair with our hands folded and let the Communists set up any government in the Western Hemisphere.
war military struggle
This is not a jungle war, but a struggle for freedom on every front of human activity.
war shoes childhood
When I went back to visit my native Berlin after World War II, I noticed that the only thing I really remembered from my childhood Berlin days is the shoe store. Lukas Foss
war moving causes
Lightly armed nations can move toward war just as easily as those which are armed to the teeth, and they will do so if the usual causes of war are not removed. Ludwig Quidde
war demand pennies
Let us assume that the ideal were reached; let us imagine a state of international life in which the danger of war no longer exists. Then no one would dare to demand a penny for obviously completely superfluous armaments.
war live-life inspiration
To all the survivors out there, I want them to know that we are stronger and more resilient than we ever knew. We survived, that should be enough but it isn't. We must work hard to become whole again, to fill our soul with love and inspiration, to live the life that was intended for us before it was disrupted by war and horrors, and help rebuild a world that is better than the one we had just left. Loung Ung
war gun opening-up
When I arrived in America, though I had left the war physically far behind, in my mind, the soldiers were still chasing to kill me, my stomach was always hungry, and my fear and distrust kept me from opening up to new friendships. I thought the war was over when I left Cambodia, but I realize now that for survivors and all those involved, the war is never over just because the guns have fallen silent.
war government law
Crime is contagious....if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law. Louis D. Brandeis