“At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a population. America deserves the president it gets, whether the country votes for them or allows their vote to be stolen, and the least we can do is to elect someone who won't do that to other people.” PeopleWarCountryAmericaPresidentCan DoPiecesDeserveVoteElectionPopulationCandidatesExpensiveMetalsStolenDroppingExploding Author:Ian MacKaye
“When you struggle, that's when you realize what you're made of, and that's when you realize what the people around you can do. You learn who you'd want to take with you to a war, and who you'd only want to take to lunch.” PeopleWantMadeWarCan DoRealizingStruggleLunch Book:Chamique: On Family, Focus, and Basketball Source: Chamique: On Family, Focus, and Basketball
“So we can do a better job of homeland security. I can do a better job of waging a smarter, more effective war on terror and guarantee that we will go after the terrorists. I will hunt them down, and we'll kill them, we'll capture them. We'll do whatever is necessary to be safe.” I CanWarJobsCan DoSecuritySafeDown AndTerrorTerroristGuaranteesCaptureSmarterHuntsHomelandWar On TerrorGuarantees ThatBetter JobsHomeland Security Author:John F. Kerry
“There's nothing anyone can do except change the subject.” WarCan DoHistorySubjectsCivil WarAmerican Civil War Author:Philibert Orry
“The arts can do more to sustain the peace than all the wars, the armaments, and the threats and warnings of politicians.” ArtWarArtistCan DoPoliticianThreatWarningArmament Author:Arthur Miller
“If God thinks this state of war in the universe is a price worth paying for free will--that is, for making a live world in which creatures can do real good or harm and something of real importance of real importance can happen, instead of a toy world which only moves when He pulls the strings--then we may take it it is worth paying.” IfsThinkingWorldMayWarRealStatesHappensMovingUniverseCan DoCreaturesImportanceHarmStringsFree WillToys Book:The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics Source: The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics
“Robert A. Heinlein has been an idol to me for more than 20 years. He can do no wrong, no matter how much he loves wars and hates pacifists.” YearsHas BeensWarMatterHateCan DoIdolsPacifistRobert Heinlein Author:Robert Anton Wilson
“High Frontier places a bullet-proof vest on our bare chest. High Frontier is as non-aggressive as a bullet-proof vest. There is no way to kill anyone with High Frontier - all that High Frontier can do is to keep others from killing us.” WayWarPeaceCan DoKillingProofChestsAggressiveBulletsFrontiersVests Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“Power tends to corrupt. But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it. It can do anything-it can stop the Vietnam War. It can make its will felt, if it can ever get its act together to do anything.” IfsWantWarUseRealityTogetherPoliticsFeltCan DoLeadershipJusticeHistoryDemocracyGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyEthicsStrategyUnityCongressHuman RightsIdeologyVietnamForeign PolicyVietnam War Author:Antonin Scalia