A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood. George S. Patton bloodgallonpint Change image and share on social
You know, this is a war of ideology, a war of thoughts and of faith. And we need people to really stand for faith and trust, not hope and change. Sharron Angle changefaithhope Change image and share on social
The negative effects of combat were nightmares, and I'd get jumpy around certain noises and stuff, but you'd have that after a car accident or a bad divorce. Life's filled with trauma. You don't need to go to war to find it; it's going to find you. We all deal with it, and the effects go away after awhile. At least they did for me. Sebastian Junger accidentawhilebad share on social
I think this could be our best victory over Germany since the war. John Motson germanyvictorywar Change image and share on social
It wasn't until my teenage years that a book really left a mark, and that was George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four.' It was on the syllabus at school when I was about 16, and I went on to read more of his books. It was the height of the Cold War, so a lot of the messages really resonated at the time. John Niven bookcoldeighty share on social
If you sing a song of peace with enough gestures and grimaces, it becomes a war song. Jean Giraudoux gesturegrimacepeace Change image and share on social
Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory. Sun Tzu battledefeatdestine Change image and share on social
I always found the extraordinary loss of life in the First World War very moving. I remember learning about it as a very young child, as an eight- or nine-year-old, asking my teachers what poppies were for. Every year the teachers would suddenly wear these red paper flowers in their lapels, and I would say 'What does that mean?' Tom Hiddleston childextraordinaryfind share on social
The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. George Orwell actdestructionessential Change image and share on social
Those who remember Washington's cold war culture in the 1980s will recall the shocked reactions to Reagan's intervention. People interested in foreign policy were astonished when in 1985 he met alone at Geneva - alone, not a single strategic thinker at his elbow! - with the Soviet Communist master Gorbachev. Russell Baker 1980sastonishcold share on social