Quotes about war
war people get-better
Life is getting better, but that won't stop a war if politicians and business people decide it's to their advantage to have one. Octavia Butler
war cities burning
The third big war will begin when the big city is burning Nostradamus
war leader heirs
To an old leader will be born an idiot heir, weak both in knowledge and in war.
war years two
I have been through two wars in my 24 years, and I know what it's like to be without anything, to see the bombs flying above your head. Novak Djokovic
war fate blood
Formerly, a nation that broke the peace, did not trouble to try and prove to the world that it was done solely from higher motives. ... Now war has a bad conscience. Now every nation assures us that it is bleeding for a human cause, the fate of which hangs in the balance of its victory ... No nation dares to admit the guilt of blood before the world. Ellen Key
war people enjoy
The worst thing about war is that so many people enjoy it. Ellen Glasgow
war choices horror
... though not invariably the worst choice, war is always an obscene horror.
war hate world
What I hated even more than the conflict was the lurid spectacle of a world of unreason.
war civilization evil
When this immediate evil power has been defeated, we shall not yet have won the long battle with the elemental barbarities. Another Hitler, it may be an invisible adversary, will attempt, again, and yet again, to destroy our frail civilization. Is it true, I wonder, that the only way to escape a war is to be in it? When one is a part of an actuality does the imagination find a release?
war littles killing
I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace.
war bait terrorism
The war on terrorism was a bait and switch operation. Eric Alterman
war europe world
The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal landlords, especially in Poland, Hungary, and the South East generally. Emily Greene Balch
war responsibility long
The question whether the long effort to put an end to war can succeed without another major convulsion challenges not only our minds but our sense of responsibility.
war bayonets contrition
A Bayonet's contrition is nothing to the dead. Emily Dickinson
war wish want
Even if Hitler at the last moment would want to avoid war which would destroy him he will, in spite of his wishes, be compelled to wage war. Emil Ludwig
warrior autumn blood
Autumn arrives like a warrior with the stain of blood upon his brazen mail. His crimson scarf is rent. His scarlet banner drips with gore. His step is like a flail upon the threshing floor. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
war arrows deeds
Big words do not smite like war-clubs, Boastful breath is not a bow-string, Taunts are not so sharp as arrows, Deeds are better things than words are, Actions mightier than boastings.
war heart mind
To live is - to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind Henrik Ibsen
war adversity troll
To live is to war with trolls.
war writing heart
To live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself.
war mean may
As peacemakers, we must resist all the powers of war and destruction and proclaim that peace is the divine gift offered to all who affirm life. Resistance means saying 'No' to all the forces of death, wherever they may be. Henri Nouwen
war emotional knowing
Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved and that nothing-sicknes s, failure, emotional distress, oppression, war, or even death--can take that love away.
war love-you emotional
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. It is a choice based on the knowledge that we belong to God and have found in God our refuge and our safety and that nothing, not even death, can take God away from us. Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved and that nothing-sickness, failure, emotional distress, oppression, war, or even death-can take that love away....
war would-be speak
If the dead could speak there would be no more war. Heinrich Boll
war world pool
We shall solve this problem, and afterwards Warsaw as the Capital and the pool of intelligentsia of that nation will be destroyed. Heinrich Himmler
war victory tumbling
The fruits of victory are tumbling into our mouths too quickly. Hirohito
war mean rights
One thing I fear, that you Americans will do the same thing that you did after the last war. I mean that you will pull out of here and leave Europe, then Russia will have her way. Private enterprise and individual rights will be lost just as much as under a Nazi government. Frightful! Hjalmar Schacht
war use etc
Rules are to be initiated for the allotment of scarce raw materials etc; and their use and processing for other than war, or otherwise absolutely vital, goods is prohibited
war mean reflection
The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading public opinion, that no time was available for reflection and consideration Hjalmar Branting
war two imperfection
As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago?
war poet
A poet must learn to wage war. Ho Chi Minh
war struggle independent
Our resistance will be long and painful, but whatever the sacrifices, however long the struggle, we shall fight to the end, until Vietnam is fully independent and reunified.
war years tea
Everything depends on the Americans. If they want to make war for 20 years then we shall make war for 20 years. If they want to make peace, we shall make peace and invite them to tea afterwards.