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“There whil'st the world prov'd prodigal of breath, the headless trunks lay prostrated in heaps; this field of funerals sacred unto death, did paint out horror in most hideous shapes: whil'st men unhors'd, horses unmast'red, stray'd, some call'd on those whom they most dearly lov'd, some rag'd, some groan'd, some sigh'd, roar'd, promis'd, pray'd, as blows, falls, faintness, pain, hope, anguish mov'd.”

Men World War Pain Fall Fields Praying Horror Shapes Red Horse Breaths Sacred Lays Paint Blow Funeral Anguish Sigh Hideous Rags Trunks Prodigals Headless

Author:William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

“You point out that war is only a symptom of the whole horrid business of human behavior, and cannot be isolated. And that, even if we abolish war, we shall not abolish hate and greed. So might it have been argued about slave emancipation, that slavery was but one aspect of human disgustingness, and that to abolish it would not end the barbarity that causes it. But did the abolitionists therefore waste their breath? And do we waste ours now in protesting against war?”

“The coarsening of our culture towards violent death has more consequences than war. Tragically, this same culture has led to the death of 50 million unborn children in the last 40 years. I don't think a civilization can long endure that does not have respect for all human life, born and not yet born. I believe there will come a time when we are all judged on whether or not we took a stand in defense of all life from the moment of conception until our last natural breath.”

“Let the emperor make war on heaven; let him lead heaven captive in his triumph; let him put guards on heaven; let him impose taxes on heaven! He cannot. . . . He gets his sceptre where he first got his humanity; his power where he got the breath of life.”

Firsts War Humanity Heaven Taxes Breaths Triumph Emperor Captives

Book:The Sacred Writings of Tertullian (Annotated Edition)

Source: The Sacred Writings of Tertullian (Annotated Edition)

“Your war drum ain't / louder than this breath.”

Author:Suheir Hammad

“I was keenly conscious of the comrades-in-arms who had fallen with me. A bond surpassing by a hundredfold that which I had known in life bound me to them. I felt a sense of inexpressible relief and realized that I had feared, more than death, separation from them. I apprehended that excruciating war survivor's torment, the sense of isolation and self-betrayal experienced by those who had elected to cling yet to breath when their comrades had let loose their grip.”

War Self Felt Known Arms Conscious Breaths Bounds Betrayal Separation Fallen Isolation Relief Survivor Torment Comrade Surpassing Self Betrayal

Book:Gates Of Fire

Source: Gates Of Fire

“My heart was full of softening showers, I used to swing like this for hours, I did not care for war or death, I was glad to draw my breath.”

Heart War Care Used Hours My Heart Draws Breaths Glad Swings Showers

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“Sharley felt his strength ebbing away, and his weak leg throbbed painfully, but then a tingling sensation thrilled through his frame and the fighting blood of the Lindenshield clan began to roar through his veins. He drew breath and out crashed the war cry of the icemark.”

War Fighting Felt Blood Cry Weak Breaths Legs Sensations Veins Clans War Cry

Author:Stuart Hill

“This was like July 13th, 1943, the pivotal day of the Battle of the Kursk. We were like Alexander Vasilevsky, the Soviet general. If we attacked now, this minute, we had to keep on and on attacking until the enemy was run off his feet and the war was won. If we bogged down or paused for breath even for a second, we would be overrun again.”

Ifs War Would Be Running Enemy Feet Minutes Battle Breaths Soviet Attacking July Pivotal

Author:Lee Child

“In Alexander's life there was one thread that could not be broken by death, by distance, by time, by war. Could not be broken. As long as I am in the world, she said with her breath and her body, as long as I am, you are permanent, soldier.”

World Long Said War Body Broken Breaths Distance Soldier Permanent Thread

Author:Paullina Simons

“You had this young man with you for... what, six years?" Halt shrugged. "Near enough," he replied. "And did you ever understand a word he was saying?" "Not a lot of the time, no," Halt said. Crowley shook his head in wonder. "It's just as well he didn't go into the Diplomatic Service. We'd be at war with half a dozen countries by now if he was on the loose." Will drew a deep breath to begin talking. He noticed that both men took an involuntary half step backward and he decided he'd better try to keep it as simple as possible.”

Ifs Men Trying Years Wells Said War Country Enough Young Simple Half Talking Wonder Steps Six Decided Breaths Young Man Dozen Halt Diplomatic Deep Breath Involuntary

Author:John Flanagan

“Ours is an age in which thousands are driven daily from their homelands by the unforgiving brutalities of war, terrorism, political oppression, starvation, disease, economic piracy, and the relentless suffocation of that singular breath which makes human beings individuals.”

“One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.”

Should War Space Decision Breaths Seven

Book:Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

Source: Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

“And like a wind shall I one day blow amongst them and with my spirit take away their soul's breath: thus my future wills it.”

War Soul Spirit Wind One Day Breaths Blow My Future

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.”

War Politics Individual Liberty Democracy Drug Organization Breaths War On Drugs Individual Liberty Drug Prohibition

Author:Charles Evans Hughes

“I wish those people who write so glibly about this being a holy war and the orators who talk so much about going on, no matter how long the war lasts and what it may mean, could see a case of musterd gas - the poor things burnt and blistered all over with great musterd coloured suppurating blisters, with blind eyes, all sticky and stuck together, and always fighting for breath, with voices a mere whisper, saying their throats are closing and they know they will choke.”