Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide. Eleanor Roosevelt suicidethinkwar Change image and share on social
Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, Ease after war, death after life does greatly please. Edmund Spenser deatheasegreatly Change image and share on social
In World War II the hostility and the exasperation resulting from the statification of the economy and the strain of the war have been directed as much against the government as against private capital. C. L. R. James capitaldirecteconomy share on social
Our human experience, like the World War II Ultra code-breaking machine, catches the heavy traffic of messages about what we really do and what is done to us every day. Eugene Kennedy breakcatchcode Change image and share on social
They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason. Ernest Hemingway countrydaydie Change image and share on social
I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes. Ernest Hemingway abolitionadvocatecomplete share on social
One to destroy, is murder by the law; and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; to murder thousands, takes a specious name, 'War's glorious art', and gives immortal fame. Edward Young artawedestroy Change image and share on social
There has been a transition from a nuclear-annihilation scenario to an isolated-terrorist-nuclear-bomb scenario. But we're still locked into a mind-set that nuclear war would be so overwhelming that any kind of preparedness would be futile. Irwin Redlener annihilationbombfutile share on social
It's true that the war in Iraq opened a distance in relations between part of Europe and the U.S. government, but our basic ties are stronger than that. We share democracy, free markets and a commitment to Western security. We differ on how to guarantee that security. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero basiccommitmentdemocracy share on social
The president, clearly as a result of the war and the afterglow of the war, is in a time of great attention. Bob Graham afterglowattentiongreat Change image and share on social
