Jody Williams Quotes

Even soldiers from the Vietnam War had said that when they were fighting in that war, the landmine was just one of any number of weapons to use in the fighting. It wasn't until they began to think about the aftermath and the legacy of landmines that they recognized the long-term, indiscriminate impact of the weapon.

Jody Williams

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Growing up, my birthday was always Confederate Memorial Day. It helped to create this profound sense of awareness about the Civil War and the 100 years between the Civil War and the civil rights movement and my parents' then-illegal and interracial marriage.

Natasha Trethewey
- Up
- War
- Parents
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Baruch Spinoza
- Mind
- War
- Peace
In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

H. L. Mencken
- War
- Heroes
- Soldiers
The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.

Fareed Zakaria
- Long
- America
- Feeling
For believers, both privilege and privation are a trial, and both demand responses: one demands service, and the other demands patience. The greatest privilege is to live well in flourishing lands; the greatest privation is to live in the midst of war, especially civil war.

Hamza Yusuf
- Live
- War
- Service
Outside the walls, among others, is the Soviet Empire. It is malevolent, destructive and expanding. It has swallowed up over half a dozen countries since World War II.

Barbara Amiel
- Up
- World
- War