951 private quotes tagged war

“I was drafted during the Korean War.” — Clint Eastwood

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“A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.” — Umberto Eco

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“One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.” — Douglas MacArthur

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“Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history and the world's future.” — Joe Baca

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“War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.” — Ron Paul

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“The war is coming to the streets of America and if you are not keeping and bearing and practicing with your arms then you will be helpless and you will be the victim of evil.” — Ted Nugent

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“Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.” — Donald Trump

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“I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies.” — Zoe Saldana

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“Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.” — Donald Rumsfeld

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“Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia.” — Pope Benedict XVI

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“I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.” — Shel Silverstein

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“Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.” — Noam Chomsky

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“War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.” — Niccolo Machiavelli

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“Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.” — Omar N. Bradley

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“Establishing lasting peace is the work of education all politics can do is keep us out of war.” — Maria Montessori

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“When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war.” — R. Lee Ermey

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“It was definitely a part of our life. I mean, my mom had both her brothers and her fiancee in Vietnam at the same time, so it wasn't just my dad's story, it was my mom's story too. And we definitely grew up listening to the stories.” — Vanessa Kerry

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“I think Chris Rock at the Oscars was a great example. I thought that was intellectually hilarious. The Gap starts a war with Banana Republic... That to me was funny.” — Christopher Meloni

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“I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.” — Douglas MacArthur

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“If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?” — Joan Baez

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“All Americans and freedom-loving people around the world owe President Reagan our deepest gratitude for his strong, principled leadership that ended the Cold War and brought freedom to millions of people.” — Jim Ramstad

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“Business is a combination of war and sport.” — Andre Maurois

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“I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.” — George W. Bush

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“War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.” — William Tecumseh Sherman

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“When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.” — Jean-Paul Sartre

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