Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war. Hans Kung goalincludemisuse Change image and share on social
There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty. Indira Gandhi attentiondesigndiscussion Change image and share on social
My mother tried really hard to protect us, but occasionally, after afternoon cartoons of whatever was on... the nightly news would come on, and I'd see footage from the war zone, and I would hear the word 'Vietnam,' and I would know my dad was over there, and it was a very frightening experience for me. Suzanne Collins afternooncartoondad share on social
If I took the 40 years of my dad talking to me about war and battles and taking me to battlefields and distilled it down into one question, it would probably be the idea of the necessary or unnecessary war. Suzanne Collins battlebattlefielddad share on social
I think it's very uncomfortable for people to talk to children about war, and so they don't because it's easier not to. But then you have young people at eighteen who are enlisting in the army, and they really don't have the slightest idea what they're getting into. Suzanne Collins armychildeasy share on social
Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. James Madison comprisedevelopdread Change image and share on social
If I could cause world peace by taking someone out to lunch, I'd go, 'Well, war isn't that terrible.' Gilbert Gottfried lunchpeacetake Change image and share on social
To win this war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern. Sarah Palin chiefcommanderlaw Change image and share on social
My father had been in the German Diplomatic Service, and although he had been in the United States since World War II and out of diplomacy, it was something that was very much talked about in the family. So when I went to college, it was always my intention to try to get into the Foreign Service. Hermann Eilts collegediplomacydiplomatic share on social
Anyway, the title The War of the Insect Gods came before we had that ending, before we knew they had become gods. That we knew the evolutionary cycle they went through. Before we even knew anything about that. We had an ending. Michael O'Donoghue cycleendevolutionary share on social