It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to persuade alienated neighbors, or at least one of them, to listen to the voice of a conciliator is a step in the direction of peace. Charles Albert Gobat alienateavoidcase share on social
Instead of the international police action we had hoped for during the war in Kosovo, there are wars again - conducted with state-of-the-art technology, but still in the old style. Jurgen Habermas actionartconduct Change image and share on social
What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre. Tahar Ben Jelloun achieveallowaverage Change image and share on social
You have indeed done much since the new century began to give shape and substance to the growing, the insistent desire that war may be banished from the earth. Henry Campbell-Bannerman banishbegincentury Change image and share on social
On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must be multilateral. There's no other way around. You have the instances like the global warming convention, the Kyoto protocol, when the U.S. went its own way. Hans Blix bigconventionglobal share on social
So, I've never been politically correct, even before that term was available to us, and I have really identified with other people who don't want to be read as just a black poet, or just a woman poet, or just someone who represents a cause, an anti-Vietnam war poet. Diane Wakoski antiblackcorrect share on social
I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it. George McGovern disastergoodhard Change image and share on social
A novel can be set in motion by an incident, a character, a location, a mood - by anything at all. Sometimes the stimulus can be an idea, which will rapidly clothe itself in character and incident. 'Foreign Bodies' came about through the contemplation of the contrast between post-second world war America and Europe. Cynthia Ozick americabodycharacter share on social
The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families. Bob Schieffer draftfamilyfight share on social
I had seen the films out of World War II, the great 82nd Airborne, the 101st, and all of those of you in the greatest generation and the service that you had provided. Hugh Shelton 101st82ndairborne Change image and share on social