Quotes about war
war safety honor
A war is never undertaken by the ideal State, except in defense of its honor or its safety. Marcus Tullius Cicero
war endless form
Endless money forms the sinews of war. [Lat., Nervi belli pecunia infinita.]
war law silent
The law is silent during war. [Lat., Silent leges inter arma.]
war may acquisition
Let war be so carried on that no other object may seem to be sought but the acquisition of peace. [Lat., Bellum autem ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud, nisi pax, quaesita videatur.]
war home army
An army abroad is of little use unless there are prudent counsels at home. [Lat., Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi.]
war enemy victory
Wars, therefore, are to be undertaken for this end, that we may live in peace, without being injured; but when we obtain the victory, we must preserve those enemies who behaved without cruelty or inhumanity during the war.
war way should
War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.
war order may
Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation.
war philosophical law
Laws are silent in time of war.
war hero honor
Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.
war gone shots
I've gone to war zones before and never got shot. Manute Bol
war men symbolism
Mahatma Gandhi was a man of peace and non-violence and lived by the Hindu principle of ahimsa, action based on refusal to do harm. As his war-strewn presidency shows, George Bush knows nothing about ahimsa and non-violence. Bush should reconsider this cynical, disrespectful display of symbolism. Kevin Martin
war people political
The International Brigade was not formed to protect freedom and democracy. It was founded as a tool of of the Comintern, to promote the interests of the Soviet Union - and thereby of Joseph Stalin, the butcher of millions. It made political sense for the International Brigade to recruit non-communists - useful fools was what Lenin had called such people in an earlier manipulation of gullible decency - but of course most were then vetted by the NKVD, the Soviet Union's secret police. Kevin Myers
war america hatred
America and its allies are engaged in a war against a terrorist movement that spans all corners of the globe. It is sparked by radical ideologues that breed hatred, oppression, and violence against all of their declared enemies. Kenny Marchant
war games play
You can't equate the game we play to a war. Kellen Winslow said he's a soldier. No, he's not. This is not a war...not a good comparison. Ken Rosenthal
war responsibility home
The Iraq war is a huge subject and there have been many films about it. But it was when the private contractors started taking over and taking responsibilities from the regular army, which hides the war. You have these private armies of mercenaries acting with immunity for their actions, the worst of which was the Blackwater case where they killed 17 Iraqi civilians and the guys who did it just went home. We [screenwriter Paul Laverty and Loach] felt this deserved a story. Ken Loach
war return generations
For a generation, terrorists learned they could make war on free nations without fear of war in return. On September 12, the terrorists got war in return. Ken Mehlman
war aggravation house
The Democrats' plan for 2006? Take the House and Senate and impeach the president. With our nation at war, is this the kind of Congress you want?
war character men
I enjoyed Old Man's War immensely. A space war story with fast action, vivid characters, moral complexity and cool speculative physics, set in a future you almost want to live into, and a universe you sincerely hope you don't live in already. Ken MacLeod
war america issues
All the politics of the post-war period was about the clash between the Soviet Union and America, and virtually all issues ended up being subordinated to that. Now, the question is, what is the most a socialist can achieve in a global economy? Ken Livingstone
war years mad
Every year the international finance system kills more people than the Second World War. But at least Hitler was mad, you know.
war election vote
If women had never been given the right to vote, then Labour would have won every election after the war.
war referendums dave
Boris [ Johnson]and Dave [Cameron] gnawed each other's testicles [during the Tory civil war which blighted the EU referendum].
war elements world
One of the elements in the film that really fascinated me was not to look at the world in bi-polar terms of us vs them or east vs west, which was a by-product of the Cold War. Kathryn Bigelow
war hero dirty
War's dirty little secret is that some men love it. I'm trying to unpack why, to look at what it means to be a hero in the context of 21st century combat.
war dirty men
War's dirty little secret is that some men love it.
war frustration people
Their pitiless ideology only survives because it is maintained by force. But the day comes when the anger and frustration of the people is so great that force cannot contain it. Then the edifice cracks: the mortar crumbles. Margaret Thatcher
war cold speak
We speak of peace, yes, but whose peace? Poland's? Bulgaria's? The peace of the grave?
war winning thinking
We're saying to anyone who dares to attack us, Do not do it, you couldn't win, the result would be devastating! I think you're saying the same.
war believe weapons
Wars are not caused by the buildup of weapons. They are caused when an aggressor believes he can achieve his objectives at an acceptable price.
war people liberty
If... many influential people have failed to understand, or have just forgotten, what we were up against in the Cold War and how we overcame it, they are not going to be capable of securing, let alone enlarging, the gains that liberty has made.
war years leader
To the extent that the West is to blame at all for the ills of the Third World it is to the extent that the West created Marx and his successors, among whom must be numbered many of those who advised the Third World leaders in post-war years.
war hair iron
Ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you tonight in my … chiffon evening gown, my face softly made up, my fair hair gently waved, the Iron Lady of the Western world. Me? A Cold War warrior? … Well, yes — if that is how they wish to interpret my defense of values of freedoms fundamental to our way of life.