“We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas.”
— Ronald Reagan
Author: Ronald Reagan
Category: war
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The condition of man… is a condition
“The condition of man… is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.”
— Thomas Hobbes
Author: Thomas Hobbes
Category: war
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Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off
“Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their party entered and had effectively lost, before Nixon salvaged a non-Communist South Vietnam while effecting a complete American withdrawal.”
— Conrad Black
Author: Conrad Black
Category: war
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We can only move to a long-term
“We can only move to a long-term resolution regarding terrorism and war by planting seeds of peace. We have to start with ourselves.”
— Peter Yarrow
Author: Peter Yarrow
Category: war
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Nullification means insurrection and war; and the
“Nullification means insurrection and war; and the other states have a right to put it down.”
— Andrew Jackson
Author: Andrew Jackson
Category: war
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Marriage is an adventure, like going to
“Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
Author: Gilbert K. Chesterton
Category: war
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My argument is that War makes rattling
“My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.”
— Thomas Hardy
Author: Thomas Hardy
Category: war
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We need to decide that we will
“We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children.”
— Howard Zinn
Author: Howard Zinn
Category: war
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People always make war when they say
“People always make war when they say they love peace.”
— David Herbert Lawrence
Author: David Herbert Lawrence
Category: war
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I had two family members involved in
“I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war.”
— Ben Barnes
Author: Ben Barnes
Category: war
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World War I broke out largely because
“World War I broke out largely because of an arms race, and World War II because of the lack of an arms race.”
— Herman Kahn
Author: Herman Kahn
Category: war
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