War Quotes - Page 139

I think Israel, as a number of commentators pointed out, is becoming an insane state. And we have to be honest about that. While the rest of the world wants peace, Europe wants peace, the US wants peace, but this state wants war, war and war.

The kids are saying 'Make Love, Not War', and I'm beginning to think they're right. For war costs millions of dollars a day, and love--just a few bucks a night!

The greatest rewards come when you give of yourself. It's about bettering the lives of others, being part of something bigger than yourself, and making a positive difference.

In the armies and among every ten men there is one of more life, of more heart, or at least of more authority, who with his courage, with words and by example keeps the others firm and disposed to fight.

Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten.

War is the business of barbarians.

When a man is able to take abuse with a smile, he is worthy to become a leader.

A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.

Islam is not a religion of peace. Islam is a religion of war, and most Muslims don't understand the true nature of Islam.

The Way of the warrior does not include other ways, such as Confucianism, Buddhism, certain traditions, artistic accomplishments, and dancing. But even though these are not part of the Way, if you know the Way broadly, you will see it in everything.

One must make the warrior walk his everyday walk.

Cutting down the enemy is the way of strategy, and there is no need for many refinements of it.

Sometimes people ask me why I began perestroika. Were the causes basically domestic or foreign? The domestic reasons were undoubtedly the main ones, but the danger of nuclear war was so serious that it was a no less significant factor.

What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.

Polarization affects families and groups of friends. Its a paralyzing situation. A civil war of opinion.

One makes war to win, not because it's just.

The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold...The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes.

Wars don't happen on battlefields; they go on happening in people's hearts for generations and generations, and the ecological damage is unfathomably complex and dire.

'American Sniper' is a movie whose politics are so ludicrous and idiotic that under normal circumstances it would be beneath criticism. The only thing that forces us to take it seriously is the extraordinary fact that an almost exactly similar worldview consumed the walnut-sized mind of the president who got us into the war in question.

This is not a must-win; World War II was a must-win (Referring to the Super Bowl)

We don't like to kill our unborn; we need them to grow up and fight our wars.

Look at World War II, at Hitler's cruelty. The more cruelty, the more enthusiasm for revolution.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.

Let us refuse to be silent! Speaking freely is a decisive step forward on the road to freedom.