Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later. Benjamin Franklin billpaywar Change image and share on social
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. Leo Tolstoy patiencepowerfultime Change image and share on social
We need to learn... how war brutalises and degrades winners and losers alike and what happens to us when, having heedlessly waged war for no good reason, we are encouraged to inflate and demonise our enemies in order to justify that war's indefinite continuance. Tony Judt alikebrutalisecontinuance share on social
My father emigrated from Lithuania to the United States at the age of 12. He received his higher education in New York City and graduated in 1914 from the New York University School of Dentistry. My mother came at the age of 14 from a part of Russia which, after the war, became Poland; she was only 19 when she was married to my father. Gertrude B. Elion agecitydentistry share on social
So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are. Stewart Udall coldculturegeneration Change image and share on social
The only other human endeavor on which there's more 16-millimeter film than pro football is World War II, and we're going to pass that in 2013. Steve Sabol endeavorfilmfootball Change image and share on social
On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, and within a few weeks the full-scale reformation he attempted to carry out both inside his country and in its cold war relations with the West, particularly the United States, began to unfold. Stephen Cohen attemptbegincarry share on social
The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians, but it was Christians in World War II who bombed innocent civilians in Dresden and dropped the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, neither of which were military targets. Feisal Abdul Rauf bombchristiancivilian share on social
I thought that Donald Trump's ascendancy would end when he attacked John McCain, saying he's not a war hero. I found that shocking, for him to say that. Cory Booker ascendancyattackdonald Change image and share on social
We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas. Ronald Reagan christmascountrydeclare Change image and share on social