951 private quotes tagged war

“There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.” — Reinhold Niebuhr

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“The war on drugs is wrong, both tactically and morally. It assumes that people are too stupid, too reckless, and too irresponsible to decide whether and under what conditions to consume drugs. The war on drugs is morally bankrupt.” — Larry Elder

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“The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.” — Henry A. Kissinger

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“War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.” — Smedley Butler

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“Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.” — Benjamin Carson

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“In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.” — Douglas MacArthur

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“I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.” — Jefferson Davis

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“The mother's battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the forces of exploitation and callousness that cheapen human life needs to become a common human battle, waged in love and in the passion for survival.” — Adrienne Rich

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“War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.” — Mao Zedong

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“As a result of my philosophy, I wasn't even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didn't hate him. I hated what he was doing.” — Albert Ellis

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“It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.” — Robert E. Lee

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“War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.” — Gilbert Parker

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“The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got.” — George W. Bush

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“The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.” — George C. Marshall

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“What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war.” — Simone Weil

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“With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.” — George W. Bush

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“A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.” — Simone Weil

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“I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country.” — Chief Joseph

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“The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.” — Thomas Hobbes

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“A man will go to war, fight and die for his country. But he won't get a bikini wax.” — Rita Rudner

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“Really, when it comes to gay rights, there's two wars going on. The first war is political. But the culture war is over.” — Dan Savage

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“I am against all war.” — Sophia Loren

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“War is a blessing compared with national degradation.” — Andrew Jackson

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“This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.” — George W. Bush

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“One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.” — Pedro Calderon de la Barca

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