Sydney Biddle Barrows Quotes
If you want an expert on war, you get a retired general. I'm not exactly a general, but I am retired.
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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Rushing to war is not a wise course of action.
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War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
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You can go into Mark Twain's material and prove anything you want. He was against war. He was for war. He was against rich people and he was for them. He was a kaleidoscope.
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The true object of war fought for God should always be peace.
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A society that admits misery, a humanity that admits war, seem to me an inferior society and a debased humanity; it is a higher society and a more elevated humanity at which I am aiming - a society without kings, a humanity without barriers.
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I don't think it's a coincidence that 'The War Room' and 'A Perfect Candidate' are films that have been consistently shown and available for rental for 20 years. These are films that are more about the moment in which they were filmed: they also have a great deal to say about larger issues about who we are as a country.
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I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace.
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It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades.
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War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up failures perpetrated by adults.
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I hated the bangs in the war: I always felt a silent war would be more tolerable.
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We advised them to do what they think proper against the war.
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He said that if we were going to have a war, they would never be the first ones to start it.
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A Syrian war would consume Trump's presidency.
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When I see the Confederate flag, I see the attempt to raise an empire in slavery. It really, really is that simple. I don't understand how anybody with any sort of education on the Civil War can see anything else.
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I don't support terrorism and never have. As a Sri Lankan that fled war and bombings, my music is the voice of the civilian refugee.
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Aviation constituted a new and possibly decisive element in preventing or fighting a war, and I was in a unique position to observe European aviation - especially in its military aspects.
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One of the main reasons I wanted to work on 'World War Z' was because I'm a huge fan of the book, and I love the idea of taking a non-linear story and creating a three-act structure out of it.
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Military glory, - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood.
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To see the difference between when I came to Britain in 1955 with what it is today, to see how the sub-continent has been embraced, it is quite extraordinary.
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When you sit down and watch something alone, you're going to watch it for what it is.
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'You’ve no appreciation of high romance, that’s your trouble,' Lewis said, climbing in and starting the motor. Joseph nodded somberly. 'Boy meets girl, girl loses boy, everybody dies. I just don’t get it.'
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You belong on TV and we can only hope he found a vehicle to keep him there.
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If you want an expert on war, you get a retired general. I'm not exactly a general, but I am retired.
