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I'm not panicking, and I'm not scared, I've been through the Gulf War, the Asia crisis, and the Russian crisis.
We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.
If we are going to stop wars on this earth, we are going to have to make war on hunger our number one priority.
Rejected names for World War II: 'Global Super Killfest', 'Germaniacal Japandamonium', 'World War 1: New Moon'.
Before America entered the war [WW2] I knew we could not win it, but after she entered I knew we could not lose
There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace.
To win this war, we have been forced into a strategic compromise which will most certainly offend the Russians.
[At Conventions] they give me all the photos to sign. Star Wars, Superman. And Hammy the Pig is right up there.
I thought of all that worked dark pits Of war, and died Digging the rock where Death reputes Peace lies indeed.
They've not been able to control any Iraqi city. We're waging war against this snake and we will be victorious.
We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too.
And Satan smiled, stretched out his hand, and said, "O War, of all the scourges of humanity, I crown you chief.
I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war.
The Forty Rules of Love is a wise, joyous page-turner... and one that speaks urgently to our war-ravaged times.
I was one of the few people who thought Star Wars was going to work, and I hadn't even seen any special effects.
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
If it costs ten years, and ten to recover the general prosperity, the destruction of the South is worth so much.
There is no question but that when one is engaged militarily that there are going to be unintended loss of life.
Senator. You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?
I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.
When the position is such that neither side will gain by making the first move, it is called temporising ground.
In conflict, straightforward actions generally lead to engagement, surprising actions generally lead to victory.
[Iraqis] know we own their country...It's a good thing, especially when there is a lot of oil out there we need.
Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilized folk to despise war.
If France is to be judged, judge her not by the effects of her defeat but by her readiness to sacrifice herself.
War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.
I know that war is very cruel and that life is harder when you aren't able to live in the place you called home.
It is my disposition to maintain peace until its condition shall be made less tolerable than that of war itself.
My Dear McClellan, if you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully.
We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.
The war is like an actress who is getting old. It's less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous. (1944)
The nation's first experiment with the income tax was tried at this time; another violation of the Constitution.
As wounded men may limp through life, so our war minds may not regain the balance of their thoughts for decades.
The financial interdependence of the world's banks is like the interlocking alliances that predated World War I.
Father Jude Nnorom says he hopes the pope's travels in Africa will help end all the wars ravaging the continent.
I see every chance of a long, confused and disorganizing civil war, and I feel no desire to take a hand therein.
I have never in my life taken a command into battle and had the slightest desire to come out alive unless I won.
The possibility of a war under the current circumstances is not far-fetched and there is some evidence for that.
I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
It is cowardly to commit suicide. The English often kill themselves. It is a malady caused by the humid climate.
You have deceived our trust, and made us doff our easy robes of peace, to crush our old limbs in ungentle steel.
The United States' credibility is at an all-time low. So, this war is against the interest of the Untied States.
The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them.
Much shedding of blood, many great actions, and triumphs, toil and perseverance are the end of all things human.
The war on drugs has been a social and political failure. We need to encourage sport and stop encouraging drugs.
The statistics of suicide show that, for non-combatants at least, life is more interesting in war than in peace.
I don't believe in the war god of the Israelites. He's a bogeyman. Jesus preached the golden rule, by and large.
The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power.
A fanatic's willingness to kill or be killed in the service of a cause cannot prove the rightness of that cause.
Some of the American military obviously were thinking in terms of fighting a nuclear war. I was opposed to that.