The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power). Dawn Powell basiscomedydeath Change image and share on social
Praise the Lord, O England's Jerusalem: and Netherland's Zion, praise ye the Lord! He hath secured your gates, and blessed your possessions with peace, even here, where the threatened torch of war was lighted. Peter Stuyvesant blessenglandgate share on social
After the Cold War ended, there was an agreement between the former Soviet Union and America to convert weapons-grade nuclear materials into reactor-grade materials. So disarmament and nuclear energy actually are strongly linked. Susan Eisenhower agreementamericacold share on social
When I was six, the Korean War broke out, and all the classrooms were destroyed by war. We studied under the trees or in whatever buildings were left. Ban Ki-moon breakbuildingclassroom Change image and share on social
Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune. Ferdinand Lassalle francemisfortunepopular Change image and share on social
I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers - mostly small and humble - who for many years have been fighting a quiet, oftentimes losing war on the food production front. Norman Borlaug farmerfightfood share on social
But I felt it necessary to be part of the war effort and I enlisted in the Navy to be a flyer. Paul Berg effortenlistfelt Change image and share on social
It is simply not true that war is solely a means to an end, nor do people necessarily fight in order to obtain this objective or that. In fact, the opposite is true: people very often take up one objective or another precisely in order that they may fight. Martin Van Creveld endfactfight share on social
As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force as to turn it from a struggle into suicide. Martin Van Creveld curbdeterforce Change image and share on social
There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair. John F. Kennedy countryinequalitykill Change image and share on social
