Quotes about war
war idols honor
Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they seek or desire prosperity, they have their idols, which they honor and serve. Hernando Cortes
war firsts ifs
Furthermore, they had calculated that if 25,000 of them died for every one of us, they would finish with us first, for they were many and we were but few.
war firsts glimpse
It was so wonderful that I do not know how to describe this first glimpse of things never heard of, seen or dreamed of before...
war arrows stones
They no longer had nor could find any arrows, javelins or stones with which to attack us...
war evil effort
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace. Herodotus
war giving perfect
And now for the vapor-bath: on a framework of three sticks, meeting at the top, they stretch pieces of woolen cloth, taking care to get the joints as perfect as they can, and inside this little tent they put a dish with red-hot stones in it. Then they take some hemp seed, creep into the tent, and throw the seed on to the hot stones. At once it begins to smoke, giving off a vapor unsurpassed by any vapor-bath one could find in Greece. The Sythians enjoy it so much that they howl with pleasure. This is their substitute for an ordinary bath in water, which they never use.
war father military
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
war dirty greed
Do you want to know the cause of war? It is capitalism, greed, the dirty hunger for dollars. Take away the capitalist and you will sweep war from the earth. Henry Ford
war profit show-me
Show me who makes a profit from war, and I'll show you how to stop the war.
war mean men
History doesn't mean dates and wars and textbooks to me; it means the unconquerable pioneer spirit of man.
war mean important
Love thy neighbor is difficult. That's why everybody - wars, you know. It's the hardest. And it's the most important. And respect thy neighbor. Love and respect. It means respect, really. Respect thy neighbor. Respect the other, the different. Helen Mirren
war book men
Das war ein vorspeil nur; That was only a prelude; dort wo man Buecher verbrennt, Where one burns books, vebrennt man auch am Ende One will also burn people Menchen. Eventually. Heinrich Heine
war england united-states
At the Imperial Conference on December 1, it was decided to make war against England and the United States Hideki Tojo
war fighting views
From the point of the view of the nation's power, it was obvious that while we were fighting the Sino-Japanese war, every effort was to be made to avoid adding to our enemies and opening additional fronts
war struggle survival
It goes without saying that when survival is threatened, struggles erupt between peoples, and unfortunate wars between nations result.
war feet soldier
The moment the first American soldier sets foot on the Japanese mainland, all prisoners of war will be shot.
war australia world
Australia and New Zealand are now threatened by the might of the Imperial Japanese forces, and both of them should know that any resistance is futile.
war fighting battle
War buddies don't exist in the meeting room. It's a battle between a lot of different officers. Some continue fighting when they don't realize that they have been shot. Hideo Kojima
war looks sometimes
Sometimes peace looks like war, you cannot tell them apart. Hilary Mantel
war world able
No ruler in the history of the world has ever been able to afford a war. They're not affordable things. No prince ever says, 'This is my budget, so this is the kind of war I can have.
war father peacemaking
War is the father of all things. Heraclitus
war justice common
One must know that war is common, justice is strife, and everything happens according to strife and necessity.
war justice passing-away
Realize that war is common and justice is strife, and that all things come into being and pass away through strife.
war fire house
We have to be faster in calming down a resentment than putting out a fire, because the consequences of the first are infinitely more dangerous than the results of the last; fire ends burning down some houses at the most, while the resentment can cause cruel wars, with the ruin and total destruction of nations...
war feelings action
See that each hour's feelings, and thoughts and actions are pure and true; then your life will be also. Henry Ward Beecher
war character reality
A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
war men insanity
No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.
war men funeral
When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.
war adversity religion
We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.
war intolerance dies
Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
war mind science-and-religion
Theology is a science of mind applied to God.
war men firsts
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a But.
war men conflict
It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.