War Quotes - Page 71

The concept of humanity is an especially useful ideological instrument of imperialist expansion, and in its ethical-humanitarian form it is a specific vehicle of economic imperialism. Here one is reminded of a somewhat modified expression of Proudhon’s: whoever invokes humanity wants to cheat. To confiscate the word humanity, to invoke and monopolize such a term probably has certain incalculable effects, such as denying the enemy the quality of being human and declaring him to be an outlaw of humanity; and a war can thereby be driven to the most extreme inhumanity.

War doesn't determine who's right, it determines who's left

Force is the weapon of the weak.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

Every bullet has its billet.

The working masses of men and women, they and they alone, are responsible for everything that takes place, the good things and the bad things. True enough, they suffer most from a war, but it is their apathy, craving for authority, etc., that is most responsible for making wars possible. It follows of necessity from this responsibility that the working masses of men and women, they and they alone, are capable of establishing lasting peace.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life.

As an ultimate objective, "peace" simply means communist world control.

The courageous have fears that cowards never know.

Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.

During war, the laws are silent.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

You don't want to raise a kid in a culture where the kid who asks the most questions is annoying. You want a culture where the kid who asks the most questions gets awards and gets another piece of cake.

I am a Bedouin warrior who brought glory to Libya and will die a martyr.

We had 10 years after the Cold War to build a new world order and yet we squandered them. The United States cannot tolerate anyone acting independently. Every US president has to have a war.

I don't believe in living in the past. Living in the past is for cowards. If you live in the past, you die in the past.

I cannot get accustomed to war; my brain refuses to understand and explain a thing that is senseless in its basis. Millions of people gather at one place and, giving their actions order and regularity, kill each other, and it hurts everybody equally, and all are unhappy -- what is it if not madness?

All you have the right to ask of life is to choose a battle in this war, make the best you can, and leave the field with honor.

A coward can die many times, but love can only die once.

During the war, a battle was fought here, not only for the creation of a new Yugoslavia, but also a battle for Bosnia and Herzegovina as a sovereign republic. To some generals and leaders their position on this was not quite clear. I never once doubted my stance on Bosnia. I always said that Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot belong to this or that, only to the people that lived there since the beginning of time.

I don't like to act in my personal life. I like to be straightforward.

I claim we got a hell of a beating. We got run out of Burma and it is as humiliating as hell. I think we ought to find out what caused it, go back and retake it.

If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin.

Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.