Quotes about war
war islamic oil
It is not possible to starve an organised terrorist group because it is number one a state, so it levies taxation inside the territory that is controlled by Islamic State. But also the activity, for example the smuggling of oil, is taking place in an area which is a war zone. So of course people will buy that oil because they don't have any alternative. So even if we wanted to stop that kind of trade, it will be very, very difficult to do that. Loretta Napoleoni
war heart eye
For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still! Lord Byron
war beer animal
For all we know that English people are/ Fed upon beef - I won't say much of beer/ Because 'tis liquor only, and being far/ From this my subject, has no business here;/ We know too, they are very fond of war,/ A pleasure - like all pleasures - rather dear;/ So were the Cretans - from which I infer/ That beef and battle both were owing her
war adversity fate
...And these vicissitudes come best in youth; For when they happen at a riper age, People are apt to blame the Fates, forsooth, And wonder Providence is not more sage. Adversity is the first path to truth: He who hath proved war, storm, or woman's rage, Whether his winters be eighteen or eighty, Has won experience which is deem'd so weighty.
war knives cry
War, war is still the cry,-"war even to the knife!"
war beastly proof
War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist M. F. K. Fisher
war taught-us survivor
One ... aspect of the case for World War II is that while it was still a shooting affair it taught us survivors a great deal about daily living which is valuable to us now that it is, ethically at least, a question of cold weapons and hot words.
war men thinking
It is easy to think of potatoes, and fortunately for men who have not much money it is easy to think of them with a certain safety. Potatoes are one of the last things to disappear, in times of war, which is probably why they should not be forgotten in times of peace.
war food communication
There is a communication of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine is drunk. And that is my answer when people ask me: Why do you write about hunger, and not wars or love.
war men fabric
Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century. Lord Mountbatten
war reality worry
Most of my nightmares that jolt me awake either involve the cosmos or something completely out of human control. In reality, I worry more about nuclear war, or war in general. Lorene Scafaria
war flames littles
In the war to come correspondents would assume unheard of importance, plunging through flame to feed the public its little gobbets of dehydrated excrement. Malcolm Lowry
war mind way
Wars almost never end the way starters had in mind. Malcolm Forbes
war wrinkles noses
I'm a purist: I start to wrinkle my nose when the Cold War ends. Malcolm Gladwell
war stupid destiny
I wonder what I can do about war. Is it the destiny of human kind to eventually wipe ourselves out with these weapons of mass destruction? Are we stupid to think that we can control them? Malachy McCourt
war believe fighting
The best way to fight terrorism is to do it through a peaceful way. I believe that a war can never be ended by a war. Malala Yousafzai
war fighting simple
I think that the best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue. For me the best way to fight against terrorism and extremism... just a simple thing: educate the next generation.
war home hype
It's a sad day when the leaders of the free world engage in such deception and trickery. I voted against this unnecessary war and will continue to argue that the best way to support our troops is to bring them home. Major Owens
war destiny years
The skirmishes in the occupied land are part of the war of destiny. The outcome of hundreds of years of war will be defined in Palestinian land. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
war insane serious
The United States has never entered a serious war, and has never been victorious.
war believe iraq
Today too, the most important issue in the world is Palestine. If a war breaks out in Iraq, we believe it is due to the provocation of the Zionists. If it happens in Afghanistan, it is because of their provocation. If Sudan is oppressed, it is due to Zionist seduction. We consider all the arrogant, colonialist schemes to be inspired by the Zionists.
war responsible faculty
God grants us the faculty to open ourselves to peace. If we don't then we are responsible if wars continue. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
war littles bigs
You cannot stop big wars if you carry on little wars yourselves. Mahatma Gandhi
war force brutes
War with all its glorification of brute force is essentially a degrading thing.
war believe i-believe
I believe all war to be wholly wrong.
war winning law
As in laws or in war, the longest purse finally wins.
war japan law
So far as I can see, the atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained for ages. There used to be so-called laws of war, which made it tolerable. Now we know the truth. War knows no law except that of might. The atomic bomb brought an empty victory but it resulted for the time being in destroying the soul of Japan. What has happened to the soul of the destroying nation is yet too early to see...
war axes japan
What is a war criminal? Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and, therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered, and conducted wars, war criminals? War criminals are not confined to the Axis Powers alone. Roosevelt and Churchill are no less war criminals than Hitler and Mussolini. England, America and Russia have all of them got their hands dyed more or less red - not merely Germany and Japan.
war humanity criminals
Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered and conducted wars, war criminals?
war congratulations two
It is open to a war resister to judge between the combatants and wish success to the one who has justice on his side. By so judging he is more likely to bring peace between the two than by remaining a mere spectator.
war heart men
In the secret of my heart I am in perpetual quarrel with God that He should allow such things [as the war] to go on. My non-violence seems almost impotent. But the answer comes at the end of the daily quarrel that neither God nor non-violence is impotent. Impotence is in men. I must try on without losing faith even though I may break in the attempt.
war fighting two
When two nations are fighting, the duty of a votary of ahimsa is to stop the war.
war victory-and-defeat violence
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary.