Quotes about war
war winning cold
If you read history, right, if you read [Mikhail] Gorbachev's memoirs, Gorbachev memoirs said the key thing in winning the Cold War was our insistence on nuclear defense, because they knew they couldn't match us. Rudy Giuliani
war thinking sea
If we were building our navy, rather than reducing our navy to pre-World War I levels, China would not be thinking about increasing its navy to take over the South China Sea.
war military believe
I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win. Stuart Symington
war choices dignity
Our choice is not between war and peace but between life with dignity or without Subcomandante Marcos
war history too-much
I find I like it too much. Stonewall Jackson
war army men
This army stays here until the last wounded man is removed. Before I leave them to the enemy, I will lose many more men.
war military successful
Our movement was a great success; I think the most successful military movement of my life. But I expect to receive more credit for it than I deserve. Most men will think I planned it all from the first; but it was not so. I simply took advantage of circumstances as they were presented to me in the providence of God. I feel that His hand led me - let us give Him the glory.
war men cautious
He is cautious. He ought to be. But he is NOT slow. Lee is a phenomenon. He is the only man whom I would follow blindfolded.
war fire hot
I was afraid the fire would not be hot enough for me to distinguish myself.
war men desert
Sir! Men who desert their comrades in war deserve to be shot! And Officers who intrude for them deserve to be hung!
war men civil-war
Press on, press on, men.
war home son
Madam, if your son were to come home and try to shirk duty, you ought to shut your door in his face and treat him as a renegade unworthy of your name or regard.
war farewell army
In the Army of the Shenandoah, you were the First Brigade! In the Army of the Potomac you were the First Brigade! In the Second Corps of this Army, you are the First Brigade! You are the First Brigade in the affections of your general, and I hope by your future deeds and bearing you will be handed down the posterity as the First Brigade in this our Second War of Independence. Farewell!
war army want
I want my army to be an army of the living God.
war moving mean
War means fighting. The business of the soldier is to fight. ... To move swiftly, strike vigorously, and secure all the fruits of victory is the secret of successful war.
war lord duty
Duty is ours; the consequences are the Lord God's
war rivers errors
Died of wounds inflicted in error by his own troops at the battle of Chancellorsville during the US Civil War. Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees.
war people events
People who are anxious to bring on war don't know what they are bargaining for; they don't see all the horrors that must accompany such an event.
war evil looks
It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten it. I have seen enough of it to make me look upon it as the sum of all evils.
war europe mind
In Europe, war is a disease which has been in the family for generations: no one is surprised when it makes another leap. Even the patient only attends to it with part of his mind. Storm Jameson
war growth symptoms
A minor symptom of wars is the cancerous growth of committees.
war philosophy years
I've spent too many years at war with myself, the doctor has told me it's not good for my health. Sting
war government people
So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are. Stewart Udall
war heart swings
My heart was full of softening showers, I used to swing like this for hours, I did not care for war or death, I was glad to draw my breath. Stevie Smith
war thinking people
Unfortunately, we have warring in the world, so the youngest minds, the brilliant minds, are sent off to war. I think that, you know, you have brilliant people with great possibilities and that's why I really am not really for war. I really am not. Stevie Wonder
war men long
There has been only one war fought literally worldwide, affecting every living thing, and that has been men's all-out, non-stop, millennia-long war against women, a war that not only continues to this moment without the slightest abatement but intensifies hourly. Sonia Johnson
warrior mrs-bennet tea
A battle cry" Mr. Bennet said "is a warrior's calling card. Only it does not say 'Good afternoon. I have come for tea and crumpets.' It says 'Death has come for you! Flee or be killed where you stand! Steve Hockensmith
war androids stolen
I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this. Steve Jobs
war faithful president
When it comes to morality, I'd rather have an unfaithful president like Bill Clinton, who tried to reform welfare, than a faithful George Bush who propagated an illegal war on the rest of the world. So that is where my morality stands. Steve Coogan
war intelligent people
I don't apologize for my behavior anymore. Whatever I do or don't do shouldn't matter. Moral certainty is dangerous. Moral certainty is what makes people go to war unnecessarily and illegally. Morality, as any halfway intelligent human being would tell you, is a very subjective thing.
war confused guitar
If the person who can effectively sanction ill-conceived wars can play the electric guitar, which is a symbol of rebellion, then that whole worldview becomes confused.
war pakistan allies
Pakistan is both an ally in the war on terror, and in some sense, a battleground of the war on terror. Stephen Hadley
war thinking creating
I think the War on Terror has succeeded in creating more terror, more terrorists, a less safe America, and a less safe world. Stephen Gaghan