I worked for MI6 in the Sixties, during the great witch-hunts, when the shared paranoia of the Cold War gripped the services. John le Carre coldgreatgrip Change image and share on social
War, in our country, ought never to be resorted to but when it is clearly justifiable and necessary; so much so as not to require the aid of logic to convince our understanding nor the ardour of eloquence to inflame our passions. There are many reasons why this country should never resort to it but for causes the most urgent and necessary. John C. Calhoun aidardourconvince share on social
Mr. Tyler acquired Texas by voluntary compact, and Mr. Polk California and New Mexico by successful war. Robert Toombs acquirecaliforniacompact Change image and share on social
In the early days of the military Arpanet, my daughter was studying in Nicaragua. Because the U.S. was essentially at war with them, contact was difficult. I managed to use MIT's Arpanet connection, and she found one, so we could communicate thanks to the Pentagon! Noam Chomsky arpanetcommunicateconnection share on social
We can guess that the unacceptable conduct of the soldiers at Abu Ghraib resulted in part from the dangerous state of affairs on the ground in a theater of war. John Yoo abuaffairconduct Change image and share on social
When I was a young boy, during the aftermath of World War II, Germany was broken and in ruins. Many people were hungry, sick, and dying. I remember well the humanitarian shipments of food and clothing that came from the Church in Salt Lake City. Dieter F. Uchtdorf aftermathboybreak share on social
If anything, we older people yearn for a peaceful world even more than young people do. We are the ones who lost friends or relatives in some war. We are the ones who have lived a lifetime of seeing and reading about human suffering. Dennis Prager friendhumanlifetime share on social
There was one thing more than any other that turned this New York, liberal, Jewish, Columbia University graduate student away from modern liberalism: its use of moral equivalence to avoid confronting evil during the Cold War. Dennis Prager avoidcoldcolumbia share on social
World War II affected the male population in a very detrimental way. They were happy to be home, happy to be alive, happy they won, but they could not express to anybody the horror they had been through. Nick Nolte affectalivedetrimental share on social
Oh yes, after the war, and we were all starving - we had no proper food or anything - no proper shoes. Ninette de Valois foodpropershoe Change image and share on social