Quotes about war
war praying excuse
Pray excuse me. I cannot take it. Jefferson Davis
war forever unions
A restitution of the Union has been rendered forever impossible.
war lying past
The past is dead; let it bury its dead, its hopes and its aspirations; before you lies the future-a future full of golden promise.
war history misfortunes
The authors of all our misfortune.
war army history
Our armies were in as much chaos in victory as theirs in defeat.
war pride men
If you will not have it thus: if in the pride of power, if in contempt of reason and reliance upon force, you say we shall not go, but shall remain as subjects to you, then, gentlemen of the North, a war is to be inaugurated the like of which men have not seen....
war loss government
Sir, it is true that republics have often been cradled in war, but more often they have met with a grave in that cradle. Peace is the interest, the policy, the nature of a popular Government. War may bring benefits to a few, but privation and loss are the lot of the many. An appeal to arms should be the last resort, and only by national rights or national honor can it be justified.
war army virginia
Your little army, derided for its want of arms, derided for its lack of all the essential material of war, has met the grand army of the enemy, routed it at every point, and now it flies, inglorious in retreat before our victorious columns. We have taught them a lesson in their invasion of the sacred soil of Virginia.
war views political
For an enemy so relentless in the war for our subjugation, we could not be expected to mourn; yet, in view of its political consequences, it could not be regarded otherwise than as a great misfortune for the South.
war night years
I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.
war smell southern
The time for compromise has now passed, and the South is determined to maintain her position, and make all who oppose her smell Southern powder and feel Southern steel.
war sadness inheritance
Nothing fills me with deeper sadness than to see a Southerner apologizing for the defense we made of our inheritance.
war fall fighting
The war...must go on till the last man of this generation falls in his tracks...unless you acknowledge our right to self-government. We are not fighting for slavery. We are fighting for Independence,and that, or extermination, we WILL have.
war fighting night
I tried all in my power to avert this war. I saw it coming, for twelve years I worked night and day to prevent it, but I could not. The North was mad and blind; it would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came, and now it must go on unless you acknowledge our right to self government. We are not fighting for slavery. We are fighting for Independence.
war men lines
With a nation at war against terrorism and our men and women on the front line defending our homeland from abroad, resources need to be prioritized and allocated properly. Jeff Miller
war president want
You don't go to war with the President you want, you go to war with the President you have
war blood littles
What does it matter if, by chance, a little vile blood be spilled? Jean Racine
war men ideas
Killing a man in defense of an idea is not defending an idea; it is killing a man. Jean-Luc Godard
war forget-everything europe
I have always considered it to be a minor miracle that after the war, people in Europe's border regions were able to forget everything and, in accordance with the slogan "Never Again War," develop a program that still works today. Jean-Claude Juncker
war believe europe
Anyone who believes that the eternal question of war and peace in Europe is no longer there risks being deeply mistaken.
war military views
In 1913 many believed that there would never again be a war in Europe. The great powers of the continent were so closely intertwined economically that the view was widespread that they could no longer afford to have military confrontations.
war believe sleep
But anyone who believes that the eternal issue of war and peace in Europe has been permanently laid to rest could be making a monumental error. The demons haven't been banished; they are merely sleeping, as the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo have shown us.
war loss animal
I want to know how these very people who are against war because of loss of life can possibly be the same people who are for abortion? They are the same people who are for animal rights, but they are not for the rights of the unborn. Jim Gibbons
war stupid america
America's drug war is so stupid that if you pay close attention to just how stupid it is -- it'll drive you to use drugs. Jim Hightower
warrior cities people
Of course most people underestimate the warrior characteristics of the Anglo-Saxon and Norman peoples anyway. It takes a heap of piety to keep a Viking from wanting to go sack a city. Jerry Pournelle
war army way
The American way of war is to build an army, then another, then a third, while building fleets. If the war is still on at that point we smash.
war smart names
A smart soldier wants to know the causes of wars. Also how to end them. After all, war is the normal state of affairs, isn't it? Peace is the name of the ideal we deduce from the fact that there have been interludes between wars.
war writing college
I went to Gettysburg College, where the famous Civil War battle was fought. I majored in English. I would've liked to major in writing, but they didn't offer a major in that. Jerry Spinelli
war titles marine-biologist
Did you know that the original title for War and Peace was War, What Is It Good For? Jerry Seinfeld
war mean gun
We have to go to war against the people who enable the gun violence, the people who stop us from keeping guns out of the hands of mentally unstable people, of felons, and that means the NRA leadership. Jerrold Nadler
war writing wind
The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control. Jerome Lawrence
war guarantees defense
National Defense is not a threat to peace; it is the guarantee of peace with freedom. Jeffrey Gitomer
war men liberty
The Statue of Liberty's gender changed nothing. It was the same here as anywhere: men and their wars. Jeffrey Eugenides