Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come. Carl Sandburg givewarwill Change image and share on social
Many Japanese families moved to Taiwan during the occupation. Then, when the war ended, they were forced to move back. And at the macro level, the Taiwanese had every reason to cheer when the Japanese left. The Japanese military could often be incredibly brutal. The Taiwanese lived as second-class citizens on their own land. Gene Luen Yang backbrutalcheer share on social
Saddam Hussein could have provided irreplaceable help to future historians of the Iran/Iraq war, of the invasion of Kuwait, and of the subsequent era of sanctions culminating in the current invasion. Richard Dawkins culminatecurrentera Change image and share on social
Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward. Hans Rosling avoidbackwardbeing Change image and share on social
The sinews of war are infinite money. Marcus Tullius Cicero infinitemoneysinew Change image and share on social
I'm a war baby: I was brought up with rationing, and my parents always had to struggle. I remember when I was sent to boarding school - Prior Park College in Bath - my father was asked how he was going to pay the fees, and he replied: 'In arrears.' Cameron Mackintosh arrearsaskbaby share on social
Hiroshima has become a metaphor not just for nuclear war but for war and destruction and violence toward civilians. It's not just the idea we should not use nuclear arms. We should not start another war because it's madness. Max von Sydow armciviliandestruction share on social
War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent. George Orwell comfortableintelligentmake Change image and share on social
War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it. George Orwell classcountryforeign Change image and share on social
I'm for fighting a war on terrorism, not a war in Southwest Asia that Alexander the Great couldn't win, the British Empire couldn't win, the Soviet Union couldn't win. That's stupid. It's a waste of resources; a waste of America's best and brightest. Kurt Schrader alexanderamericaasia share on social