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war
There is no good war. Bashar al-Assad
war world saving
Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
war determine left
War doesn't determine who's right, it determines who's left Bertrand Russell
war fog giving
War is the realm of uncertainty; three-quarters of the factors on which action in war is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty. ... war is the realm of chance. No other human activity gives it greater scope; no other has such incessant and varied dealings with this intruder. Chance makes everything more uncertain and interferes with the whole course of events. Carl von Clausewitz
war exercise matter
War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter. Carl von Clausewitz
war military different
War is a conflict of great interests which is settled by bloodshed, and only in that is it different from others. Carl von Clausewitz
war mean politics
War is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means. Carl von Clausewitz
war military mind
If we read history with an open mind, we cannot fail to conclude that, among all the military virtues, the energetic conduct of war has always contributed most to glory and success. Carl von Clausewitz
war mean politics
War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. Carl von Clausewitz
mentally
That's just the way he pitches. I think it has more to do with him mentally concentrating really well. He hasn't let anything get away from him. Tony Russa
mention mere smile smiles
You smile with just the mere mention of his name. John Sullivan
men iron envy
As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man. Antisthenes
men life-is hanging-out
Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only. Barbara Jordan
men religion useless
Men would never be superstitious, if they could govern all their circumstances by set rules, or if they were always favoured by fortune: but being frequently driven into straits where rules are useless, and being often kept fluctuating pitiably between hope and fear by the uncertainty of fortune's greedily coveted favours, they are consequently for the most part, very prone to credulity. Baruch Spinoza
men desire tongue
Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more easily than their words. Baruch Spinoza
men simplicity fame
The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men. Augustus Hare
men rights skin-color
Do you know what it took for Balanchine to put me, a black man, on stage with a white woman? This was 1957, before civil rights. He showed me how to take her [holding her delicately by the wrist]. He said, ‘put your hand on top.’ The skin colors were part of the choreography. He saw what was going to happen in the world and put it on stage. Arthur Mitchell
men office facts
The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
thrill kicks learning-new-things
I have always gotten a thrill, a kick, from learning new things. Cynthia Kenyon