Quotes with laws-of-war

Quotes 661 till 680 of 869.

  • Benjamin Franklin There never was a good war or a bad peace.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Susan B. Anthony There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.
    Susan B. Anthony
    American women's rights activist (1820 - 1906)
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  • George Bernard Shaw There was only one virtue, pugnacity; only one vice, pacifism. That is an essential condition of war.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bill Nelson There's no excuse for skimping on national defense when the country is at war.
    Bill Nelson
    American attorney and politician (1942 - )
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  • Ben Jonson There's reason good, that you good laws should make:
    Men's manners ne'er were viler, for your sake.
    The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio XXIV, To The Parliament, lines 1-2.
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Bob Filner These are busy times for the Border Patrol, the customs agents, immigration folks; but if we are going to send these agencies to fight a war on drugs, to fight a war against illegal behavior, we have to send them the proper tools.
    Bob Filner
    American politician (1942 - )
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  • Alexander Cockburn They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense since it implies that in times of peace truth stays out of the sick bay or the graveyard.
    Alexander Cockburn
    Irish-American political journalist and writer (1941 - 2012)
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  • Bruce Sterling They used to be seen as insane or unthinkable acts of madmen. But if they take place they'll be called "war" too. And there will still be no conventional war.
    Bruce Sterling
    American science fiction author (1954 - )
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  • Bruce Sterling They used to be seen as insane or unthinkable acts of madmen. But if they take place they'll be called 'war' too. And there will still be no conventional war.
    Bruce Sterling
    American science fiction author (1954 - )
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  • Ernest Hemingway They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for ones country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.
    Notes on the Next War (1935)
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Begum Aga Khan This Clash of Civilizations has led to a Clash of Religions, leading in turn to war, terror and extreme poverty.
    International Business and Leadership Symposium address
    Begum Aga Khan
    French Egyptian artist and last wife of Sultan Aga Khan III (1906 - 2000)
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  • William S. Burroughs This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be based on war and games.
    William S. Burroughs
    American writer and artist (1914 - 1997)
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  • Bono This moment in time will be remembered for three things: the war against terror, sure; the Internet, probably; and how we let an entire continent, Africa, burst into flames and stood around with water in cans.
    CNN Larry King Weekend (2002)
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Bob Graham This president has been reluctant to hold anybody accountable. No one was held accountable after September the 11th. Nobody's been held accountable after the clear flaws in intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq.
    Bob Graham
    American politician and author (1936 - )
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  • Bill Hicks Those guys were in hog heaven, man. They had a weapons catalog, What's G-12 do, Tommy? Says here it destroys everything but the fillings in their teeth, helps pay for the war effort. Well, shit, pull that one up! Pull up G-12, please. ] ...Cool. What's G-13 do?
    Relentless
    Bill Hicks
    American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist and musician (1961 - 1994)
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  • William Hazlitt Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Robert Runcie Those who dare to interpret God's will must never claim Him as an asset for one nation or group rather than another. War springs from the love and loyalty which should be offered to God being applied to some God substitute, one of the most dangerous being nationalism.
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  • Antoni Gaudi Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.
    Antoni Gaudi
    Catalan architect
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  • Cat Stevens Though times have changed, it's a nice surprise to see that youthful feeling of anti-war sentiment returning once more to the cobbled main streets of Europe.
    Cat Stevens
    British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1948 - )
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  • Benito Mussolini Three cheers for the war. Three cheers for Italy's war and three cheers for war in general. Peace is hence absurd or rather a pause in war.
    Popolo dItalia (1 February 1921), quoted in The Menace of Fascism (1933) by John Strachey, p. 65
    Benito Mussolini
    Italian journalist, politician and dictator (1883 - 1945)
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