Quotes with tug-of-war

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  • Arthur Henderson He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • B. H. Liddell Hart Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.
    B. H. Liddell Hart
    British soldier and military historian (1895 - 1970)
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  • Karl Kraus How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.
    Karl Kraus
    Austrian writer and journalist (1874 - 1936)
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  • Bruce Sterling Humans are very aggressive and scrappy, and go to war at the drop of a hat. However, a standard land war is no longer going to work as it is no longer technically possible.
    Bruce Sterling
    American science fiction author (1954 - )
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  • Joan Didion I ... have another cup of coffee with my mother. We get along very well, veterans of a guerrilla war we never understood.
    Slouching Towards Bethlehem (2013) 121
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Albert Einstein I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Aslan Maskhadov I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president of a republic at war.
    Aslan Maskhadov
    Chechen politician (1951 - 2005)
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  • Andrew Taylor Still I began to see during the civil war, in that part of the states of Missouri and Kansas where the doctors were shut out, the children did not die.
    Andrew Taylor Still
    American physician and surgeon (1828 - 1917)
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  • Bruce Springsteen I believe the war on poverty is a more American idea than the war on the war on poverty. I believe that most people feel like that. And I believe that it ain't over till it's over.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt I cannot believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war and no one will win the next.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Adam Michnik I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
    Adam Michnik
    Polish historian, essayist and dissident (1946 - )
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  • Aaron Stanford I do know that I've read somewhere that it's been statistically proven that in times of war, horror films are much more popular. I don't know why that is. You'd think it'd be the opposite. You'd think people would want to escape from it.
    Aaron Stanford
    American actor (1976 - )
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  • Albert Einstein I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Albert Einstein I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Barack Obama I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
    Power in Words: The Stories Behind Barack Obamas Speeches, from the State House to the White House
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • John McCain I guarantee you, as president of the United States, I know how to heal the wounds of war, I know how to deal with our adversaries, and I know how to deal with our friends.
    John McCain
    American politician (1936 - 2018)
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  • Dwight D. Eisenhower I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    American president (1890 - 1969)
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  • Henry David Thoreau I have a deep sympathy with war, it so apes the gait and bearing of the soul.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Will Rogers I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Assata Shakur I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the mindless, heartless, robots who protect them and their property.
    Assata: An Autobiography (1987) 65
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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