The Vietnam War was causing people to get drafted; I had received a deferment to finish my undergraduate education, and in order to continue to get a deferment, you had to go to graduate school. Robert Shapiro causecontinuedeferment Change image and share on social
To kill, in war or in any circumstance, creates a silence. It is right that silence should surround the taking of life. After all, the life taken is not ours to take. Stanley Hauerwas circumstancecreatekill Change image and share on social
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it. Pope John Paul II absurddeathhumanity share on social
The Gulf War is responsible for the huge and horrifying rise in Islamic terrorism. Pierre Salinger gulfhorrifyhuge Change image and share on social
When you hear somebody justifying a war by citing the Almighty, I get a little worried, frankly. Ron Reagan almightycitefrankly Change image and share on social
Modern American war is as easy to script as a B movie. David Hackworth americaneasymodern Change image and share on social
The old saying that war is a racket has taken on an even more shameful meaning. David Hackworth meanracketshameful Change image and share on social
I remember an article, I can't recall who by, it was after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which said that now the Wall was down, there could be no more class war. Only someone with money could ever say such a thing. Claude Chabrol articleberlinclass share on social
What President Bush did in his doctrine of preemptive strike and in his war in Afghanistan and in Iraq was to turn even his allies in Europe negatively toward America. Louis Farrakhan afghanistanallyamerica Change image and share on social
If... many influential people have failed to understand, or have just forgotten, what we were up against in the Cold War and how we overcame it, they are not going to be capable of securing, let alone enlarging, the gains that liberty has made. Margaret Thatcher capablecoldenlarge share on social