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War Quotes

"War is an attempt of one group to impose its will upon another group by armed violence."

"War is an attempt of one group to impose its will upon another group by armed violence."

Scott Nearing, American Activist

War, Violence, Will

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"We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn't like. It has no resemblance to democracy."

"We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn't like. It has no resemblance to democracy."

Joni Mitchell, Canadian Musician

War, People, Democracy

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"The reality is the cap-and-trade legislation offered by the Democrats amounts to an economic declaration of war on the Midwest by liberals on Capitol Hill."

"The reality is the cap-and-trade legislation offered by the Democrats amounts to an economic declaration of war on the Midwest by liberals on Capitol Hill."

Mike Pence, American Politician

War, Democrats, Legislation, Liberals

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"If the Founding Fathers and other patriots who fought during the Revolutionary War could see the United States today, I believe they would be proud of the path that the thirteen colonies, now fifty strong states, have taken since then."

"If the Founding Fathers and other patriots who fought during the Revolutionary War could see the United States today, I believe they would be proud of the path that the thirteen colonies, now fifty strong states, have taken since then."

John Linder, American Politician

War, Fathers, Founding, Now

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"Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography."

"Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography."

Paul Rodriguez, Mexican Comedian

War, God, Geography, Teaching

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"The object of war is to survive it."

"The object of war is to survive it."

John Irving, American Novelist

War, Survival, Strategy, Conflict

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"Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity."

"Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity."

David Niven, English Actor

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"Throughout the 20th century, the Republican Party benefited from a non-interventionist foreign policy. Think of how Eisenhower came in to stop the Korean War. Think of how Nixon was elected to stop the mess in Vietnam."

"Throughout the 20th century, the Republican Party benefited from a non-interventionist foreign policy. Think of how Eisenhower came in to stop the Korean War. Think of how Nixon was elected to stop the mess in Vietnam."

Ron Paul, American Politician

War, Policy, Foreignpolicy, Nixon

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"Well, I was a very strong opponent of the war, in fact, one of those who went door to door to my colleagues and thus achieved 60 percent of the Democrats voting no against this war."

"Well, I was a very strong opponent of the war, in fact, one of those who went door to door to my colleagues and thus achieved 60 percent of the Democrats voting no against this war."

Jan Schakowsky, American Politician

War, Democrats, Fact, Voting

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"The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything that is dear to them."

"The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything that is dear to them."

Clara Zetkin, German Politician

War, Gain, Nothing, Workers

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"The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other, who want the other to respect them. Battles over status can be even more intractable than those over land or water or oil."

"The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other, who want the other to respect them. Battles over status can be even more intractable than those over land or water or oil."

Alain de Botton, English Writer

War, Conflict, Land, Oil

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"It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue; for at these points - Richmond and Atlanta - the enemy's main strength is concentrated."

"It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue; for at these points - Richmond and Atlanta - the enemy's main strength is concentrated."

Knute Nelson, American Politician

War, Strength, Enemy, Now

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"Now that it's officially summer, here's my advice to parents who want to continue teaching their kids during the next two months and learn something themselves: visit Civil War battlefields."

"Now that it's officially summer, here's my advice to parents who want to continue teaching their kids during the next two months and learn something themselves: visit Civil War battlefields."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

War, Advice, Kids, Months

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"What is more immoral than war?"

"What is more immoral than war?"

Marquis de Sade, French Novelist

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"Two years later, I went to the University of Minnesota from which I was on leave for several years during the war as a member of Statistical Research Group at Columbia University."

"Two years later, I went to the University of Minnesota from which I was on leave for several years during the war as a member of Statistical Research Group at Columbia University."

George Stigler, American Economist

War, Research, University, Years

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"Cards are war, in disguise of a sport."

"Cards are war, in disguise of a sport."

Charles Lamb, English Critic

War, Cards, Disguise

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"Our ties are deep and long-standing. We are dependent on each other. And no matter what the issue of the day, whether it be softwood lumber, whether it be a war in Iraq, we need to continue to work together."

"Our ties are deep and long-standing. We are dependent on each other. And no matter what the issue of the day, whether it be softwood lumber, whether it be a war in Iraq, we need to continue to work together."

Paul Cellucci, American Politician

War, Work, Day, Deep

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"The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem."

"The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem."

Washington Irving, American Writer

War, Enemy, Harm

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"No American can read the story of the part America took in the war without experiencing a glow of patriotic feeling. Every Allied nation can say the same thing."

"No American can read the story of the part America took in the war without experiencing a glow of patriotic feeling. Every Allied nation can say the same thing."

Kelly Miller, American Sociologist

War, America, Feeling

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"During the early months of the war in 1914 there was a conflict of opinion between the War Office and the Foreign Office regarding news from the Front."

"During the early months of the war in 1914 there was a conflict of opinion between the War Office and the Foreign Office regarding news from the Front."

Philip Gibbs, British Journalist

War, Conflict, Months, News

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"Accurst be he that first invented war."

"Accurst be he that first invented war."

Christopher Marlowe, English Dramatist

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"I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it."

"I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it."

Harry Emerson Fosdick, American Clergyman

War, Hate, Starvation

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"Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers."

"Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers."

Karl Rove, American Politician

War, Liberals, Therapy, Understanding

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"The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose."

"The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose."

John T. Flynn, American Critic

War, Defeat, Lies, Military

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"I think the record speaks for itself. These are two individuals who have been for the war when the headlines were good and against it when their poll ratings were bad."

"I think the record speaks for itself. These are two individuals who have been for the war when the headlines were good and against it when their poll ratings were bad."

Dick Cheney, American Vice President

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"The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst."

"The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst."

Harry Emerson Fosdick, American Clergyman

War, Man, Tragedy

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"My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era."

"My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era."

Ken Follett, Welsh Author

War, Favorite, World, Worldwar

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"I wouldn't accept losing as a team, wouldn't accept losing as my team. It's like a war every practice. I think it helped us a lot."

"I wouldn't accept losing as a team, wouldn't accept losing as my team. It's like a war every practice. I think it helped us a lot."

Peter Forsberg, Swedish Athlete

War, Losing, Practice

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"There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in doing what one pleases."

"There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in doing what one pleases."

Andre Malraux, French Author

War, Fighting, Revolution

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"In war, there are no winners."

"In war, there are no winners."

Ramman Kenoun, French Philosopher

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"However one feels about the war in Iraq, realize that our troops deserve our support 100 percent."

"However one feels about the war in Iraq, realize that our troops deserve our support 100 percent."

Ric Keller, American Politician

War, Iraq, Support, Troops

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"The concept of war crimes is an American invention."

"The concept of war crimes is an American invention."

George Wald, American Scientist

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"The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people."

"The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

War, People, Chance, Right

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"If all Europe lies flat while the Russian mob tramps over it, we will then be faced with a war under difficult circumstances, and with a very good chance of losing it."

"If all Europe lies flat while the Russian mob tramps over it, we will then be faced with a war under difficult circumstances, and with a very good chance of losing it."

James Forrestal, American Public Servant

War, Chance, Circumstances, Europe

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"War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist."

"War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist."

M. F. K. Fisher, American Writer

War, Business, Ability, Proof

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"I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country."

"I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country."

Antonio Tabucchi, Italian Writer

War, Country, World, Worldwar

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"Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so."

"Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so."

Fredrik Bajer, Danish Writer

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"Well, we won the war. You know what that means. In twenty years, we'll all be driving Iraqi cars."

"Well, we won the war. You know what that means. In twenty years, we'll all be driving Iraqi cars."

Will Durst, American Writer

War, Driving, Years

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"This war no longer has anything to do with knightly conduct or with the agreements of the Geneva Convention."

"This war no longer has anything to do with knightly conduct or with the agreements of the Geneva Convention."

Wilhelm Keitel, German Celebrity

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"I knew that the Hague Convention prohibited the use of poison in war. I didn't know the details of the terms of the Convention, but I did know of that prohibition."

"I knew that the Hague Convention prohibited the use of poison in war. I didn't know the details of the terms of the Convention, but I did know of that prohibition."

Otto Hahn, German Scientist

War, Poison, Prohibition

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"France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war."

"France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war."

Charles de Gaulle, French Leader

War, Battle, France

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"Last year I traveled to the Middle East to visit with troops in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan."

"Last year I traveled to the Middle East to visit with troops in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan."

Kenny Marchant, American Politician

War, Afghanistan, Iraq, Troops, Visit

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"Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master."

"Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master."

Demosthenes, Greek Statesman

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"Workers in industry are the partners in war of the fighting forces."

"Workers in industry are the partners in war of the fighting forces."

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian Politician

War, Fighting, Workers

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"There's an assault on human sexuality, as Judge Scalia said, they've taken sides in the culture war and on top of that if we have a democracy, the democratic processes should be that we can elect representatives who will share our point of view and vote those things into law."

"There's an assault on human sexuality, as Judge Scalia said, they've taken sides in the culture war and on top of that if we have a democracy, the democratic processes should be that we can elect representatives who will share our point of view and vote those things into law."

Pat Robertson, American Clergyman

War, Culture, Democracy, Law

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"New developments in weapon systems during the 1950s and early 1960s created a situation that was most dangerous, and even conducive to accidental war."

"New developments in weapon systems during the 1950s and early 1960s created a situation that was most dangerous, and even conducive to accidental war."

Herman Kahn, American Scientist

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"I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances, but they wouldn't do it. They all thought it was too long. One director wanted to cut the Civil War sequence. Another thought the white woman was very cliched."

"I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances, but they wouldn't do it. They all thought it was too long. One director wanted to cut the Civil War sequence. Another thought the white woman was very cliched."

Kevin Costner, American Actor

War, Thought, People, Woman

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"Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England."

"Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England."

Stephen Gardiner, British Architect

War, Conflict, England, Roses

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"I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone."

"I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone."

Philippe Perrin, French Astronaut

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"In 2003, Congress authorized the construction of a visitor center for the Vietnam Memorial to help provide information and educate the public about the memorial and the Vietnam War."

"In 2003, Congress authorized the construction of a visitor center for the Vietnam Memorial to help provide information and educate the public about the memorial and the Vietnam War."

Dennis Cardoza, American Politician

War, Congress, Help, Information

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