War is not nice.

—Carl Sandburg

About Carl Sandburg

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Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime Sandburg was widely regarded as "a major figure in contemporary literature", especially...

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I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

—Carl Sandburg

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

—Carl Sandburg

I see America, not in the setting sun of a black night of despair ahead of us, I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning, creative hand of God. I see great days ahead, great days possible to men and women of will and vision.

—Carl Sandburg

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

—Carl Sandburg

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Nothing happens unless first we dream.

—Carl Sandburg

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More quotations tagged with “war”

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

—Barbara Bush

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

—Albert Einstein

One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.

—Albert Einstein

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.

—Agatha Christie

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

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