“When you talk to people who have been in combat, there's a sensory overload that happens. The color becomes vivid. Sounds become more pronounced. People talk about how, for them, the war was technicolor and real life was black and white after the war.” PeopleHas BeensWarRealHappensSoundBlackWhiteColorReal LifeCombatBlack And WhiteVividSensoryOverload Author:David Ayer
“If war was hell and only hell and there were no other colors in the palate I don't think people would continue to make war.” PeopleIfsThinkingWarHellColorPalate Author:Michael Herr
“The pageant has passed. That day is over. But we linger, loath to think we shall see them no more together - these men, these horses, these colors afield.” ThinkingMenWarTogetherHistoryColorHorseCivil WarAmerican Civil WarPageant Author:Joshua Chamberlain
“I meant to write a song of battle, for storied deeds of war inspire; I seemed to hear the cannon thunder, I seemed to see the smoke and fire. But oh, the pathos of the ending when brave men conquered in the fight, knelt, kissing yielded blood-stained colors!--my eyes are blurred, I cannot write.” MenWritingWarEyeSongFightingFireBloodInspireColorBattleKissingBraveDeedsSmokeThunderBrave ManCannonsPathosSmoke And Fire Book:Nadine and Other Poems Source: Nadine and Other Poems
“I refused to teach Sunday school. When Archdeacon Henry Phillips, my last rector, died, I flatly refused again to join any church or sign any church creed. From my 30th year on I have increasingly regarded the church as an institution which defended such evils as slavery, color caste, exploitation of labor and war.” YearsWarSchoolLastsEvilChurchTeachColorLaborDiedInstitutionsSlaverySundayCreedsExploitationCastesSunday School Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext of justice.” DoeWarJusticeCrimeColorPretextAggressors Author:Voltaire
“The Bible goes equally to the cottage of the peasant, and the palace of the king. - It is woven into literature, and colors the talk of the street. The bark of the merchant cannot sail without it; and no ship of war goes to the conflict but it is there. It enters men's closets; directs their conduct, and mingles in all the grief and cheerfulness of life.” MenWarLiteratureGriefStreetsColorKingsConflictShipsSailClosetsPalacesPeasantsWovenCheerfulnessBarkMerchantsCottages Author:Theodore Parker
“Now each one of us, black or white, is a symbol. The war is out in the open and the skin color is a uniform. All the deep and basic similarities of the human condition are forgotten so that we can exaggerate the few differences that exist.” HumansWarBlackDifferencesWhiteConditionsColorSkinsForgottenSymbolsHuman ConditionUniformsSimilaritySkin ColorBlack Or White Author:John D. MacDonald
“Dealing with politically-engaged writers of color like Abdellatif Laâbi and Rashid Boudjedra - who ran away from school aged sixteen to fight against the French in the Algerian war - first requires convincing an editor to take a chance on them, which very few like to do these days.” FirstsWarSchoolFightingChanceColorThese DaysRanEngagedEditorsConvincingTake A ChanceSixteen Author:Andre Naffis-Sahely
“Most Americans violate drug laws in their lifetime, but the enemy in this war has been racially defined. Not by accident, the drug war has been waged almost exclusively in poor communities of color, even though studies have consistently shown - for decades - the people of color are no more likely to use or sell illegal drugs than whites.” PeopleHas BeensWarUseLawCommunityPoorEnemyStudyColorDrugSellsLifetimeAccidentsDecadesDefinedIllegalConsistentlyWar On DrugsIllegal DrugsDrug Laws Author:Michelle Alexander
“Many people don't realize that financial incentives have been built into the drug war that guarantee that law enforcement will continue to arrest extraordinary numbers of people, particularly in poor communities of color, for minor drug offenses that get ignored on the other side of town.” PeopleHas BeensWarLawSidesRealizingCommunityPoorNumbersColorDrugBuiltTownsExtraordinaryFinancialGuaranteesMinorsOffenseIgnoredLaw EnforcementEnforcementIncentivesWar On DrugsGuarantees That Author:Michelle Alexander
“The fact that people of all colors have been ensnared by the drug war helps to preserve the system as a whole from serious critique, as it creates the impression - at a glance - that the war is being waged in an unbiased manner, even when nothing could be further from the truth.” PeopleHas BeensWarWholeFactsHelpingColorSeriousDrugImpressionPreservesGlancesCritiqueWar On DrugsUnbiased Author:Michelle Alexander