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“I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment - and yet - I can't help it - I enjoy every second of it.”

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Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill, a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was a statesman, historian, writer, and orator. He led the British people in resisting Nazi Germany during World War II and became a national hero. Churchill is renowned for his unique oratory style and steadfast political stance. more

“If you live in a place that you perceive to be a crowded place, you appreciate government; you see it as this thing that protects you against crime, that keeps order, that makes sure that nobody puts a massage parlor next to your house, that keeps other people's dogs from pooping on the sidewalk.”

People Ifs Government Order Next House Dog Crime Protect Appreciate Perceive Crowded Massage Sidewalk Protect You Parlor Crowded Places

Author:Gail Collins

“With the indiscriminate nature of modern military technology (no such thing as a "smart bomb," it turns out) all wars are wars against civilians, and are therefore inherently immoral. This is true even when a war is considered "just," because it is fought against a tyrant, against an aggressor, to correct a stolen boundary.”

War Turns Technology Modern Military Smart Boundaries Bombs Tyrants Antiwar Immoral Stolen Civilians Aggressors

Book:Howard Zinn on War

Source: Howard Zinn on War

“Those who ignore history's lessons in the ultimate folly of war are forced to do more than relive them ... they may be forced to die by them.”

May War Dies Lessons Ultimate Folly Antiwar

Book:The Hyperion Cantos 4-Book Bundle: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion

Source: The Hyperion Cantos 4-Book Bundle: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion

“It is interesting ... how weapons reflect the soul of the maker.”

War Soul Interesting Weapons Makers Antiwar

Author:Don DeLillo

“War is behavior with roots in the single cell of the primeval seas. Eat whatever you touch or it will eat you.”

War Sea Behavior Roots Cells Antiwar Primeval

Book:Chapterhouse: Dune

Source: Chapterhouse: Dune

“Military arrangement, and movements in consequence, like the mechanism of a clock, will be imperfectand disordered by the want of a part.”

Want War Military Movement Consequence Clock Mechanism Antiwar Arrangements

Book:The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution: (v. 3) June, 1775-July, 1776. (v. 4) July, 1776-July] 1777. (v. 5) July, 1777-July, 1778. (v. 6) July, 1778-March, 1780. (v. 7) March, 1780-April, 1781. (v. 8) April, 1781-December, 1783

Source: The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution: (v. 3) June, 1775-July, 1776. (v. 4) July, 1776-July] 1777. (v. 5) July, 1777-July, 1778. (v. 6) July, 1778-March, 1780. (v. 7) March, 1780-April, 1781. (v. 8) April, 1781-December, 1783

“I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars.”

War Dumb Antiwar

Author:Barack Obama

“The power of making war often prevents it.”

War Antiwar

Book:Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence

Source: Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence

“A "just war" is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose shelter every abomination can be committed with a clear conscience.”

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Author:Alexander Cockburn

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