What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?

War could bond men like a magnet, but like a magnet it could repel them, too. The things they saw, the things they did. Sometimes they just wanted to forget.

Peace is not an easy prospect–it requires greater bravery than does conflict.

All family stories are important, just as all people are important, and they deserve to be passed along.

On the warm stone walls, climbing roses were just coming into bloom and great twisted branches of honeysuckle and clematis wrestled each other as they tumbled up and over the top of the wall. Against...

This is ridiculous. This war is not the same, … It’s not a war. It’s an invasion on our part, what we did to those innocent citizens in Iraq.

The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.

The Army’s new pitch was simple. Good pay, good benefits, a manageable amount of adventure… but don’t worry, we’re not looking to pick fights these days. For a country that had paid so dear a...

Great men are allowed to spill the blood of others.

Kill every enemy twice, Wilky said. Better than gettin’ shot by a soldier pretending to be dead.

The sky darkened, the air grew colder, but he didn’t mind. It didn’t occur to him to move. This was the right place. This was where he had wanted to be.

Hopefully one day wars will only be fought in movies and may the best producer win

war hero”, because there is nothing about war that is heroic.

Whoever won the war, would revise the history.

The Northern powers are more like administrators, who manipulate other people’s history but produce none of their own. They are the stock-jobbers of history, lives are their units of exchange. Lives as they are lived,...

Lies are living beings; once they get hold of you they never let go

A woman sees war differently.

The sun appeared between the twin spires of the cathedral as its light reflected off the crescent and star that rose out of the dome on top of the mosque. It was beautiful, and surreal....

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the...

Ein Mensch stirbt. Und? Nichts weiter. Der Wind weht weiter. Die Elbe quasselt weiter. Die Straßenbahn klingelt weiter.

the militay dont start wars, politicians start wars

The moon fled eastward like a frightened dove, while the stars changed their places in the heavens, like a disbanding army.’Where are we?’ asked Gil Gil.’In France,’ responded the Angel of Death. ‘We have now...

Intelligence won wars, not brute force.

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe...

You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.

if you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner

Those who lived by the sword were forced to die by it.

That’s right,’ Mel said. ‘Some vassal would come along and spear the bastard in the name of love. Or whatever the fuck it was they fought over in those days.’Same things we fight over these...

This is a conscious declaration of war against the Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the Palestinians in general, … It is total defiance of the spirit of the signed (peace) agreement. What more can be...

wars are fought so that peace can be achieved talk about irony

This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor… This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed. Heroism on command, senseless violence, and...

First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha, a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey. They were not love letters, but Lieutenant Cross was hoping, so he kept them folded...

A country cannot simultaneously prepare and prevent war.

In past wars only homes burnt, but this timeDon’t be surprised if even loneliness ignites.In past wars only bodys burnt, but this timeDon’t be surprised if even shadows ignite.

I don’t believe war is a way to solve problems. I think it’s wrong. I don’t have respect for the people that made the decisions to go on with war. I don’t have that much...

Mirabelle always ate her lunch on Brighton beach if the weather was in any way passable, but out of sheer principle she never paid tuppence for a chair. We did not win the war to...

When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another — except brute, physical force.

I’ll pretend, I tell myself. Pretending is safer than believing.

DB: There’s a lot of talk about terrorism. In fact, it’s become almost an obsession for the media in the United States. But it’s a very narrow definition of terrorism.AR: Yes. It completely ignores the...

If you want peace in your life, you have to stop declaring war.

I think you can be an enemy of Saddam Hussein even if Donald Rumsfeld is also an enemy of Saddam Hussein.

Mawdryn stared at the Brigadier with such a look of pain and longing. For a moment the old soldier’s mind went back thirty-five years to his first taste of action as a young lieutenant in...

She supposed they were imperfections, those marks, but they didn’t feel that way to her; they were a history, cut into his body: the map of a life of endless war.

If you aren’t preparing for life like a war, you’ll end up living like a prisoner of war.

If we didn’t know better we would love one another.

I will follow anyone…And remind everyone…Of enslaved Yazidi women…Raped…And forced…To donate blood to ISIS men…

Keep the shields touching!” I shouted at my men.

We have to Build Bridges of Peace Instead of building Walls of Wars.

The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.

There were nine casualties during the battle of Kirkuk. My husband was among them.