Quotes about war
war independent space
However and wherever war begins, it persists, it spreads, it propagates itself through time and across space with the terrifying tenacity of a beast attached to the neck of living prey. This is not an idly chosen figure of speech. War spreads and perpetuates itself through a dynamic that often seems independent of human will. It has, as we like to say of things we do not fully understand, 'a life of its own. Barbara Ehrenreich
war self patterns
war is, in some not yet entirely defined sense, a self-replicating pattern of behavior, possessed of a dynamism not unlike that of living things.
war military mean
Marx was wrong: It is not only the 'means of production' that shape societies, but the means of destruction. In our own time, the costs of war, or just war readiness, are daunting. ... The resulting cost squeeze has led to a new type of society, perhaps best terms a 'depleted' state, in which the military has drained reources from all other social functions.
war world produce
Wars produce warlike societies, which in turn make the world more dangerous for other societies, which are thus recruited into being war-prone themselves.
war political soul
war has dug itself into economic systems, where it offers a livelihood to millions ... It has lodged in our souls as a kind of religion, a quick tonic for political malaise and a bracing antidote to the moral torpor of consumerist, market-driven cultures.
war years class
Historians differ on when the consumer culture came to dominate American culture. Some say it was in the twenties, when advertising became a major industry and the middle class bought radios to hear the ads and cars to get to the stores. ... But there is no question that the consumer culture had begun to crowd out all other cultural possibilities by the years following World War II.
war fighting interesting
It is sort of interesting that in our society this days we are very quick to apply the term 'war' to places where thare are no actual wars, and loath to apply the term 'war' when we are actually fighting wars. Bruce Schneier
war believe ideas
I believe the war on poverty is a more American idea than the war on the war on poverty. I believe that most people feel like that. And I believe that it ain't over till it's over. Bruce Springsteen
war mind weapons
Our only weapons in this war of your lifetime are the weapons of the mind. Paul Tsongas
war japan cold
The cold war is over; Japan won.
war cities lasts
The war won't be over until the last spammer's head is stuck onto a spear at the city limits. Paul Vixie
war fighting together
NATO is still the most remarkable alliance in history. It stuck together through 40 years of Cold War, and it then joined together to fight in Afghanistan. In the 1980s, I would not have thought this was going to be possible. Paul Wolfowitz
war views europe
That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views.
war thinking political
One of the things that ultimately led me to leave mathematics and go into political science was thinking I could prevent nuclear war.
war army iraq
There has been a good deal of comment — some of it quite outlandish — about what our postwar requirements might be in Iraq. Some of the higher end predictions we have been hearing recently, such as the notion that it will take several hundred thousand U.S. troops to provide stability in post- Iraq, are wildly off the mark. It is hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and to secure the surrender of Saddam's security forces and his army — hard to imagine.
war army iraq
It's hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and secure the surrender of Saddam's security forces and his army. Hard to imagine.
war mean iraq
I mean, we're going to probably debate the Iraq war for at least as long as I'm alive.
war iraq democracy
We did not go to war in Afghanistan or in Iraq to, quote, 'impose democracy.' We went to war in both places because we saw those regimes as a threat to the United States.
war animal rights
If you want to know where you would have stood on slavery before the Civil War, don’t look at where you stand on slavery today. Look at where you stand on animal rights. Paul Watson
war beer hey
Hey, I'm for love, not war. How about we have a beer? Mel Gibson
war men together
Usually when a lot of men get together, it's called a war. Mel Brooks
war being-there conflict
All conflicts can be resolved. Wars and conflicts are not inevitable. They are caused by human beings. There are always interests that are furthered by war. Therefore those who have power and influence can also stop them. Peace is a question of will. Martti Ahtisaari
war rights firsts
To protect women in times of war, we must first make sure women receive equal rights in times of peace.
war advice gentleman
I'm not sure I can take your advice. You are dealing with English Gentlemen. We are dealing with monsters. Martin Buber
war america russia
The argument, now, is about whether Bolshevik Russia was 'better' than Nazi Germany. In the days when the New Left dawned, the argument was about whether Bolshevik Russia was better than America. Martin Amis
war government nuclear-disarmament
In a nuclear war there would be no victors, only victims. The truth of peace require that all-whether those governments which openly or secretly possess nuclear arms, or those planning to acquire them- agree to change their course by clear and firm decision and strive for a progressive and concerted nuclear disarmament. The resources which would be saved could then be employed in projects of development capable of benefiting all their people, especially the poor. Pope Benedict XVI
war mean past
Today, the scale and horror of modern warfare - whether nuclear or not - makes it totally unacceptable as a means of settling differences between nations. War should belong to the tragic past, to history; it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future. Pope John Paul II
war hatred intolerance
Never again war. Never again hatred and intolerance.
war humanity unfair
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war...
war past humanity
War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.
war catholic absence
Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith.
war france arms
Gaily! gaily! close our ranks! Arm! Advance! Hope of France! Gaily! gaily! closed our ranks! Onward! Onward! Gauls and Franks!
war lucky periods
I was very lucky, I was part of the post-war period when everything had to be redone. Pierre Cardin