War Quotes
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We [with Shindzo Abe] should understand that the results of that terrible tragedy of the 20th century, namely World War II, are enshrined in corresponding international documents, and finding a way to settle all disputes without destroying the entire foundation of international law that evolved as a result of World War II is a highly delicate task. Therefore, I would like to reiterate that we cannot second-guess the course, let alone the outcome of our negotiations.
Vladimir Putin
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Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?
Zebulon Pike
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Life is getting better, but that won’t stop a war if politicians and business people decide it’s to their advantage to have one.
Octavia E. Butler
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The war brought things to a head, exposing the utter falsity and rottenness of Kautskyism from its very first day.
Karl Kautsky
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By the time of the Civil War, there were many kinds of apples growing across the United States, but most of them didn't taste very good, and as a rule, people didn't eat them. Cider was cheaper to make than beer, and many settlers believed fermented drinks were safer than water. Everyone drank hard cider.
John Seabrook
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War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable.
Dennis Weaver
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The truth is, the whole administration under Roosevelt was demoralized by the system of dealing directly with subordinates. It wasobviated in the State Department and the War Department under [Secretary of State Elihu] Root and me [Taft was the Secretary of War], because we simply ignored the interference and went on as we chose.... The subordinates gained nothing by his assumption of authority, but it was not so in the other departments.
William Howard Taft
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A civilization without insanity, without criminals and without war, where the able can prosper and honest beings can have rights, and where man is free to rise to greater heights, are the aims of Scientology.
L. Ron Hubbard
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It was announced as a French victory by the French Minister of War. I did not see any sign of victory but only the retreat of the French forces engaged in the battle.
Philip Gibbs
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What is a bow and arrow?It is the beginning of the end. It is the winding path that grows to the roaring road of war.It is a plaything and a weapon and a triumph in human engineering.It is the first faint stirring of an atom bomb.It is a symbol of a way of life.
Clifford D. Simak
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Revenge by young men is considered gain, even at the cost of their own lives, but old men who stay at home in times of war, and mothers who have sons to lose, know better.
Chief Seattle
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What one Predator drone pilot described of his experience fighting in the Iraq war while never leaving Nevada: 'You're going to war for 12 hours, shooting weapons at targets, directing kills on enemy combatants. Then you get in the car and you drive home, and within 20 minutes you're sitting at the dinner table talking to your kids about their homework.'
P. W. Singer
