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In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.
in the midst of war and crisis nothing is as clear or as certain as it appears in hindsight
I've been so focused on state government, I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq.
There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square.
no war really comes unexpectedly. The drums are beating long before a single shot is fired.
We must get away from the idea that America is to be the leader of the world in everything.
Remember that politics, colonialism, imperialism and war also originate in the human brain.
Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war.
Watch every tendency towards militarism, for we know that preparation for war leads to war.
Seeing the Mexican fighters, it gave me, physically and mentally, ready for an all our war.
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
No country has suffered so much from the ruins of war while being at peace as the American.
When 'tis an aven thing in th' prayin', may th' best man win ... an' th' best man will win.
The reason that so many times we don't win the battle is that we never show up for the war!
A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.
Drop Pants, Not Bombs. Break Dance, Not Hearts. Draft Beer, Not People. Make LOVE, Not WAR.
We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.
The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.
When you fight a war against a tyrant, who do you kill? You kill the victims of the tyrant.
[Saddam] built up a massive war machine while neglecting the basic needs of his own people.
If it is terrorism, if it is war on terror, then the Afghan people will join you on terror.
The future is not as loud as war, but it is relentless. It has a terrible fury all its own.
I used to call myself a war photographer. Now I consider myself as an antiwar photographer.
I've learned that from a war ignited by revenge, nothing can be born, but sorrow. - Aladdin
The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally.
So war is an extremely sad business, because the majority of people don't want to be in it.
Just as war is waged with the blood of others, fortunes are made with other people's money.
But Gulf War Syndrome is not one cause, not one illness. It is many causes, many illnesses.
There is one hell of a difference between fighting in the ring and going to war in Vietnam.
Above all, Vietnam was a war that asked everything of a few and nothing of most in America.
In 1962, war was avoided by Khrushchev's willingness to accept Kennedy's hegemonic demands.
I'll come back as soon as I can with as much as I can. In the meantime, you've got to hold!
Shiloh had as many casualties as Waterloo, and yet there were another 20 Waterloos to come.
In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.
If you're losing a tug of war with a tiger, give it the rope. You can always buy a new one.
Remember, gentlemen, what a Roman emperor said: The corpse of an enemy always smells sweet.
Nothing fairer than peace is given to man to know; Better one peace than countless triumphs
You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.
Behind the scenes there is a secretive, undeclared war of revenge that's already under way.
Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out.
He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.
My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea.
Peace we want because there is another war to fight against poverty, disease and ignorance.
I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed.
I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.
The admiral needs only one science, that of navigation. The general needs all the sciences.
Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government.
Warmaking doesn't stop warmaking. If it did, our problems would have stopped millennia ago.