The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits. Clint Eastwood bunchdisappeargeneration Change image and share on social
We have the purveyors of hatred who take every single incident between people of two races and try to make a race war out of it and drive wedges into people. And this does not need to be done. Ben Carson drivehatredincident Change image and share on social
Don't kid yourself. President Obama's decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before he stands for reelection is not driven by the United States' 'position of strength' in the war zone as much as it is by grim economic and political realities at home. Ron Fournier 000afghanistandecision share on social
People always related to President Bush, but in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq War, his numbers collapsed because people didn't feel like he handled those properly. Obama is the inverse. He was elected because he was an extraordinary guy, but the fact that he isn't ordinary has turned out to be politically damaging. Nicolle Wallace aftermathbushcollapse share on social
There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war. Miguel de Cervantes fortuneinconstancysubject Change image and share on social
War at this time and in this place is unwelcome, unwise, and simply wrong. Martin Sheen placesimplytime Change image and share on social
In a war situation or where violence and injustice are prevalent, poetry is called upon to be something more than a thing of beauty. Seamus Heaney beautycallinjustice Change image and share on social
The sense of war, the extraordinary bravery of the Allied armies, the numbers, the losses, the real suffering that disappears in time and commemorative oratory, are not marked out in any red guidebook of the emotions, but they are present if you look. John Vinocur allyarmybravery share on social
The Vietnam War and the Iraq war, in different ways, both made me feel like I could not not address them. I'm very doubtful about the usefulness of poetry to do that. Robert Hass addressdoubtfulfeel Change image and share on social
We don't tend to write about disease in fiction - not just teen novels but all American novels - because it doesn't fit in with our idea of the heroic romantic epic. There is room only for sacrifice, heroism, war, politics and family struggle. John Green americandiseaseepic share on social