Quotes about war
warrior ravens leader
From warriors ravens grew red And with their leader a host attacked. Taliesin
war fighting men
I think its man's nature to go to war and fight. Talib Kweli
war civilized
War is not civilized.
war eye hands
He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at everyone in the room. It was a terrible gaze, mad or maybe furious and full of fear of death... Then something incomprehensible and frightening happened. ... He suddenly lifted his left hand as though he were pointing to something above and bringing down a curse on us all. ... The next moment, after a final effort, the spirit wrenched itself free of the flesh. Svetlana Alliluyeva
warrior light giving
The more light in your composition, the more generous you are. That is the first sign of a true light warrior. They give without waiting for you to ask. They give without expecting to be repaid. They give to strangers and even offer help to enemies. And sadly, because their light is so bright, they also attract tons of bugs and flies their way. Suzy Kassem
war ideas doors
We cannot control the way people interpret our ideas or thoughts, but we can control the words and tones we choose to convey them. Peace is built on understanding, and wars are built on misunderstandings. Never underestimate the power of a single word, and never recklessly throw around words. One wrong word, or misinterpreted word, can change the meaning of an entire sentence - and even start a war. And one right word, or one kind word, can grant you the heavens and open doors.
warning lines example
Everybody's life is either a warning or an example. You've got to decide what you're gonna be and you have to draw a line in the sand. Tony Robbins
war political election
The closer one gets to elections or wars, the further one gets from the truth. Tony Blankley
war thinking long
I opposed the Suez war, I opposed the Falklands war. I opposed the Libyan bombing and I opposed the Gulf war and I never believed that any of those principled arguments lost a single vote - indeed, I think they gained support though that was not why you did it. What has been lacking in Labour politics over a long period is a principled stand Tony Benn
war failure diplomats
All war represents a failure of diplomacy.
war thinking iraq
Undoubtedly the war with Iraq was a tragedy. I think it was also a crime.
war july play
We have been in recess since July, and during that time there have been a fuel crisis, a Danish no vote, the collapse of the Euro and a war in the middle east, but what is our business tomorrow? The Insolvency Bill [Lords]. It ought be called the Bankruptcy Bill [Commons], because we play no role.
war school government
After the war people said, 'If you can plan for war, why can't you plan for peace?' When I was 17, I had a letter from the government saying, 'Dear Mr. Benn, will you turn up when you're 17 1/2? We'll give you free food, free clothes, free training, free accommodation, and two shillings, ten pence a day to just kill Germans.' People said, well, if you can have full employment to kill people, why in God's name couldn't you have full employment and good schools, good hospitals, good houses?
war stress people
What we are determined to do is to take more people from Syria and that war-torn part of the world as a response to this particular crisis, but again I stress we are taking people from camps because the last thing we want to do is to encourage and reward people smuggling.We are taking people from camps and we are taking family groups; our focus will be on family groups, from persecuted minorities. Tony Abbott
war chance dictator
Sometimes, and in particular dealing with a dictator, the only chance of peace is a readiness for war. Tony Blair
war iraq views
The view we took at the time and we take it now is that the war was justified legally because he [Saddam Hussein] remained in breach of UN resolutions.
war class
The class war is over.
war people way
People should go about their daily lives, to work, to live, to travel, to shop, to do the things people did in the same way as they did them before 11 September.
war thug reality
We've seen the reality of Saddam's regime: his thugs prepared to kill their own people, the parading of prisoners of war and now the release of those pictures of executed British soldiers.
war tyrants justice
There can be no freedom for Africa without justice; and no justice without declaring war on Africa's poverty, disease and famine with as much vehemence as we remove the tyrant and the terrorist.
war thinking government
I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.
war iraq wmd
In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD.
war terrorism periods
This war on terrorism is going to continue for an indefinite period of time. Tom Ridge
war men zealous
It must be said in addition that the men with the most scrupulous respect for embryonic life are also those who are most zealous when it comes to condemning adults to death in war. Simone de Beauvoir
war sacrifice demand
Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
war long victory
If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
war historical oppression
All oppression creates a state of war.
war self ready
A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war. Simone Weil
war struggle men
Modern war appears as a struggle led by all the State apparatuses and their general staffs against all men old enough to bear arms...
war preparation important
War, which perpetuates itself under the form of preparation for war, has once and for all given the State an important role in production.
war prestige form
War is the supreme form of prestige.
war errors study
The great error of nearly all studies of war... has been to consider war as an episode in foreign policies, when it is an act of interior politics...
war loss world
During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return. Simon Sinek