Government acquisition of food supplies in time of war is no less important than conscription. Equity is the fundamental principle applicable to both these essential phases of war administration. Chiang Kai-shek acquisitionadministrationapplicable Change image and share on social
I don't think we have to have a personal relation to a life lost to understand that something terrible has taken place, especially in the context of war. Judith Butler contextlifelose Change image and share on social
I think in English history a very interesting character is John Lilburne. Very interesting character because of the way he managed to develop the whole debate about the English civil war into something very different. Jeremy Corbyn charactercivildebate share on social
The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance. Isaac Bashevis Singer begindeathemotion share on social
What happens in the context of war is that, in order for you to make a child into a killer, you destroy everything that they know, which is what happened to me and my town. My family was killed, all of my family, so I had nothing. Ishmael Beah childcontextdestroy share on social
If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is - holy war. Steve Allen disgustgodholy Change image and share on social
Before we had the Internet, I organized a fax campaign against the first Iraq war. We blasted faxes to the hotel where James Baker and Tariq Aziz were having their final meeting before the two sides went to war. Much more recently, I co-founded Avaaz and Get Up, which inspired the creation of Purpose. Jeremy Heimans avaazazizbaker share on social
It is inconceivable that even the gang who runs Russia would be willing to take on war, but one always has to remember that there seemed to be no reason in 1939 for Hitler to start war, and yet he did, and he started it with a world practically unprepared. James Forrestal ganghitlerinconceivable share on social
We're no longer in the Cold War. Eavesdropping on friends is unacceptable. Vladimir Putin coldeavesdropfriend Change image and share on social
Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side. Douglas Haig casualtygreathigh Change image and share on social