“That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views.”
— Paul Wolfowitz
Author: Paul Wolfowitz
Category: war
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The Iraq war was fought by one-half
“The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families.”
— Bob Schieffer
Author: Bob Schieffer
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You can use your means in a
“You can use your means in a good and bad way. In German-speaking art, we had such a bad experience with the Third Reich, when stories and images were used to tell lies. After the war, literature was careful not to do the same, which is why writers began to reflect on the stories they told and to make readers part of their texts. I do the same.”
— Michael Haneke
Author: Michael Haneke
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If men make war in slavish obedience
“If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.”
— Ulysses S. Grant
Author: Ulysses S. Grant
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Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war
“Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.”
— Susan B. Anthony
Author: Susan B. Anthony
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We live in the time where we
“We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons.”
— Michael Moore
Author: Michael Moore
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You cannot avoid war in life, you
“You cannot avoid war in life, you cannot avoid the fear of terrorism, you cannot avoid those things now, they are a part of everyday demeanor.”
— John Mayer
Author: John Mayer
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Patriots always talk of dying for their
“Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.”
— Bertrand Russell
Author: Bertrand Russell
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I think war is based in greed
“I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.”
— Sheryl Crow
Author: Sheryl Crow
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I wanted to write about my mother
“I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I.”
— Doris Lessing
Author: Doris Lessing
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A skilful leech is better far, than
“A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.”
— Samuel Butler
Author: Samuel Butler
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