The wars of Israel were the only 'holy wars' in history. . . there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.
Before now poetry has taken notice Of wars, and what are wars but politics Transformed from chronic to acute and bloody?
Unless everyone grasps the importance of having only two children per couple, wars won't be over just oil anymore, they will be over water and food.
When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
How can you have a war on terrorism when war itself is terrorism?
Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.
Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to have these wars. I think it's incumbent upon us to.
The whole trouble with the Republicans is their fear of an increase in income tax, especially on higher incomes. They speak of it almost like a national calamity. I really believe if it come to a vote whether to go to war with England, France and Germany combined, or raise the rate on incomes of over $100,000, they would vote war.
It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don't regret it. My regrets are for the people I couldn't save: Marines, soldiers, buddies. I'm not naive, and I don't romanticize war. The worst moments of my life have come as a SEAL. But I can stand before God with a clear conscience about doing my job.
And the prince who has relied solely on their words, without making other preparations, is ruined, for the friendship which is gained by purchase and not through grandeur and nobility of spirit is merited but is not secured, and at times is not to be had.
First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war.
War so conspicuously benefits rich men and kills the poor ones.
Some people say, therefore, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior.
I was trying to do like a spaghetti western but using World War II iconography.
To a happy war!' laughter echoed with all the insane glee of an army of psychopaths.
No country can hope to beat the Yanks off with conventional weapons - they've got air, sea and land completely covered. The only recourse is chemical, biological and nuclear weapons (the Yanks used them in Vietnam, and have not ruled out using them in this war).
Instead of the international police action we had hoped for during the war in Kosovo, there are wars again - conducted with state-of-the-art technology, but still in the old style
The American people, North and South, went into the [Civil] war as citizens of their respective states, they came out as subjects. . . what they thus lost they have never got back.
The 20th century was the century of war and blood. The 21st century is the century of dialogue.
Secession, like any other REVOLUTIONARY ACT, may be morally justified by the extremity of oppression; but to call it a constitutional right is confounding the meaning of terms.