Quotes about war
war white numbers
When I was at Hartford in Connecticut, where I lived during the war, I published several pieces which were well received, not only by those of my own colour, but by a number of the white people, who thought they might do good among their servants. Jupiter Hammon
war white judging
That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war. Jupiter Hammon
war years misery
The misery in war-torn Afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the Thirty Years' War Jurgen Habermas
war years people
Some of those drawn into the holy war had been secular nationalists only a few years before. If one looks at the biographies of these people, remarkable continuities are revealed. Jurgen Habermas
war mistake decision
I consider Bush's decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevating these criminals to the status of war enemies, and one cannot lead a war against a network if the term war is to retain any definite meaning. Jurgen Habermas
war tired people
American people are a little tired of anybody saying, let's get back in war. Why don't we go back (inaudible). Juan Williams
war people dying
You go back and look at things like Civil War, World War II, Vietnam, a lot of people dying in state-sponsored arm conflict Juan Williams
war people stories
I like to make movies the way people made movies in the '70s, where they lived and died with these stories, and cared about them, and went to war for them, and they all said something they wanted to say. Judd Apatow
war thinking cold
The cold war is over, but cold war thinking survives. Joseph Rotblat
war reality civilization
This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war; a war which, unlike previous ones, destroys all of civilization. Joseph Rotblat
war scary cuban-missile-crisis
The most terrifying moment in my life was October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I did not know all the facts - we have learned only recently how close we were to war - but I knew enough to make me tremble. Joseph Rotblat
war thinking long
So I ask the nuclear powers to abandon the out-of-date thinking of the Cold War period and take a fresh look. Above all, I appeal to them to bear in mind the long-term threat that nuclear weapons pose to humankind and to begin action towards their elimination. Joseph Rotblat
war heart race
But scientists on both sides of the iron curtain played a very significant role in maintaining the momentum of the nuclear arms race throughout the four decades of the Cold War. Joseph Rotblat
war long vision
My short-term vision is the abolition of nuclear weapons. My long-term vision is the abolition of war. Joseph Rotblat
war patriotic order
It's a curious fact about Americans that in their most fiercely patriotic moods they are willing to set aside their Constitution, the guarantor of their freedom, in order to prosecute war -- yet they insist that the war is for 'freedom'. Joseph Sobran
war needs defense
If we need women in our defense forces, we must not need much defense. Joseph Sobran
war men thinking
Why does corruption in government always surprise us? Why do we expect anything else from it? Government is organized force. It takes our wealth and makes war. And we think honest men would do that work? Joseph Sobran
war government liberty
War is just one more big government program. Joseph Sobran
war hate optimism
War has all the characteristics of socialism most conservatives hate: Centralized power, state planning, false rationalism, restricted liberties, foolish optimism about intended results, and blindness to unintended secondary results. Joseph Sobran
war army reality
History shows that there are no invincible armies. Joseph Stalin
war past world
This war is not as in the past: whoever occupies a territory also imposes his own social system. Joseph Stalin
war army past
This war is not as in the past; whoever occupies a territory also imposes on it his own social system. Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach. It cannot be otherwise. If now there is not a communist government in Paris, this is only because Russia has no an army which can reach Paris in 1945. Joseph Stalin
war world cold
Marxists have more than once pointed out that the capitalist world economic system contains in itself the seeds of a general crisis and of warlike clashes. Joseph Stalin
war military god-of-war
Artillery is the god of war. Joseph Stalin
war army europe
There is no doubt that the adsence of a second front in Europe considerably relieves the position of the German army. Joseph Stalin
war blood world
Each position, each metre of the Soviet territory must be stubbornly defended, to the last drop of blood. We must cling to every inch of Soviet soil and defend it to the end! Joseph Stalin
war people yoke
This war is not an ordinary war. It is the war of the entire Russian people. Not only to eliminate the danger hanging over our heads, but to aid all people groaning under the yoke of Fascism Joseph Stalin
war grandmother devil
In war I would deal with the Devil and his grandmother Joseph Stalin
war army paris
The reason why there is now no communist government in Paris is because in the circumstances of 1945 the Soviet army was not able to reach French soil. Joseph Stalin
war army fighting
The Red Army and Navy and the whole Soviet people must fight for every inch of Soviet soil, fight to the last drop of blood for our towns and villages...onward, to victory! Joseph Stalin
war wind car
I urge individuals around the world to stand up, and ask local leaders, if they haven't already, to pledge to purchase cleaner cars, build green facilities, and buy green power like wind or solar energy. Our actions may determine if we become a casualty in the war for a habitable planet for generations to come. Leonardo DiCaprio
war jealous rose
Time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses. Oscar Wilde
war airplane optimistic
I'm sort of optimistic about what we could do, but I'm very pessimistic about what we will do. I can't tell you that Al Gore's 10-year plan is impossible. I'm old enough to remember the Second World War - if we had a World War II-type mobilization, we might accomplish Gore's plan. In 1940 we were making tens of thousands of automobiles, and in 1941 we were making tens of thousands of airplanes. We mobilized as a nation. If we get that kind of mobilization as a nation or globally, then we could solve a lot of these problems. Paul R. Ehrlich