Quotes 541 till 560 of 634.
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War is the province of chance. In no other sphere of human activity must such a margin be left for this intruder. It increases the uncertainty of every circumstance and deranges the course of events.
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War is the realm of uncertainty; three-quarters of the factors on which action is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty.
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War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, The lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.
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War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.
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War is the ultimate tool of politics.
― Richard Buckminster Fuller
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War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.
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War is to man what motherhood is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.
Source: Speech to the Chamber of Deputies (28 April 1939), quoted in The Military Quotation Book (2002) by James Charlton, p. 2 -
War is too important a matter to be left to the military.
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War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.
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War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the degree of truth that one receives, to follow a vocation which is God-inspired and God-directed.
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War isn't about who's right, it's about who's left
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War may be an auction for countries. For soldiers it's a lottery.
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War of aggression, war which does not imply defense of one's country, is a collective crime.
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War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.
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War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not without regret that I see it disappearing more and more from the scene.
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War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull.
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War therefore is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfil our will.
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War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.
Source: On War (1832) Ch. 1, paragraph 2
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