War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military. —Georges Clemenceau More about this quote Tags: war military Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. —Rebecca West More about this quote Tags: war perception science astronomy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way. —Will Rogers More about this quote Tags: war death killing civilization Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. —Dwight D. Eisenhower More about this quote Tags: war planning plans preparation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
That time of day when the sun hasn't come up yet, but you can already feel it coming. It's an elusive warmth, like a subtle promise whispered in your ear and you can go on with your day knowing you've been given another chance to get it right. —Cassia Leo in Relentless More about this quote Tags: war time right Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
War is bestowed like electroshock on the depressive nation: thousands of volts jolting the system, an artificial galvanizing, one effect of which is loss of memory. War comes . . . as absolute failure of imagination, scientific and political. That a war can be represented as helping a people to "feel good" about themselves, their country, is a measure of that failure. —Adrienne Rich More about this quote Tags: war politics imagination memory people failure science Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is simply not true that war never settles anything. —Felix Frankfurter More about this quote Tags: truth war finality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All the gods are dead except the god of war. —Eldridge Cleaver More about this quote Tags: war gods Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Among the many legends that surround the Nepalese Gurkhas of the British Army is the story of a paratroop regiment in the Second World War. The leader of the regiment asked for volunteers for a particularly dangerous drop behind enemy lines. About half the Gurkhas promptly stepped forward. The leader then went through what the volunteers would be asked to do. Halfway into his explanation, a surprised voice piped up from the back: "Oh, you mean we can use parachutes?" Every remaining Gurkha joined the volunteers. —Radio Times, London More about this quote Tags: war danger adventure parachuting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
How would you describe the difference between modern war and modern industry — between, say, bombing and strip mining, or between chemical warfare and chemical manufacturing? The difference seems to be only that in war the victimization of humans is directly intentional and in industry it is accepted as a "trade-off. —Wendell Berry More about this quote Tags: war destruction environmentalism capitalism industry Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Probably no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. —Abraham Flexner More about this quote Tags: war choice nations wealth civilization Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder. —Albert Einstein More about this quote Tags: war heroism morality music violence patriotism killing murder civilization Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
War creates peace like hate creates love. —David L. Wilson More about this quote Tags: war love hate peace Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is the people who have no say in making wars who suffer most from the consequences of them. —Philippa Carr More about this quote Tags: war power poverty suffering consequences control Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich. —Peter Ustinov More about this quote Tags: war terrorism poverty wealth class Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email