Quotes 141 till 160 of 634.
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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.
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Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.
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How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.
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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.
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I ... have another cup of coffee with my mother. We get along very well, veterans of a guerrilla war we never understood.
Source: Slouching Towards Bethlehem (2013) 121 -
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I cannot believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war and no one will win the next.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.
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I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
Source: Power in Words: The Stories Behind Barack Obamas Speeches, from the State House to the White House -
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.
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I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
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I have a deep sympathy with war, it so apes the gait and bearing of the soul.
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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.
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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.
Source: Assata: An Autobiography (1987) 65
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