“You go back and look at things like Civil War, World War II, Vietnam, a lot of people dying in state-sponsored arm conflict” PeopleWorldLooksWarStatesDyingArmsConflictWar Of The WorldsCivil WarVietnamWorld War IiWorld War IPeople Dying Author:Juan Williams
“Sometimes I wish eastern Congo could suffer an earthquake or a tsunami, so that it might finally get the attention it needs. The barbaric civil war being waged here is the most lethal conflict since World War II and has claimed at least 30 times as many lives as the Haiti earthquake.” WorldNeedsWarSometimesMightSufferingWishAttentionConflictWar Of The WorldsCivil WarWorld War IiWorld War IEasternEarthquakesCongoHaitiBarbaricTsunami Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“What I hated even more than the conflict was the lurid spectacle of a world of unreason.” WorldWarReasonHateConflictI HateHatedWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War I Author:Ellen Glasgow
“In every major war we have fought in the 19th and 20th centuries. Americans have been asked to pay higher taxes - and nonessential programs have been cut - to support the military effort. Yet during this Iraq war, taxes have been lowered and domestic spending has climbed. In contrast to World War I, World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam, for most Americans this conflict has entailed no economic sacrifice. The only people really sacrificing for this war are the troops and their families.” PeopleWorldHas BeensWarEffortPaySupportCuttingSacrificeEconomicCenturyMilitaryHigherConflictTaxesMajorsProgramIraqSpendingWar Of The WorldsVietnamWorld War IiContrastWorld War ITroops20th CenturyKoreanIraq WarKorean War Author:Robert Hormats
“However, there is a fundamental difference between the issue related to Japan's history and our negotiations with China. What is it all about? The Japanese issue resulted from World War II and is stipulated in the international instruments on the outcomes of World War II, while our discussions on border issues with our Chinese counterparts have nothing to do with World War II or any other military conflicts. This is the first, or rather, I should say, the second point.” WorldShouldFirstsWarDifferencesIssuesMilitaryConflictFundamentalsInstrumentsInternationalChinaChineseDiscussionBordersWar Of The WorldsOutcomesRelatedJapanWorld War IiWorld War INegotiationCounterparts Author:Vladimir Putin
“I think war and armed conflict is always the last of all the options you have on the table. I think you try to avoid that at all costs. Sometimes it's unavoidable. That's the lesson of World War II. I think the other lesson of the last 50 or 60 years, however, is that, the stronger the U.S. military, the stronger our defense capabilities, the stronger the chances for peace are.” ThinkingWorldTryingWarSometimesChanceMilitaryConflictStrongerWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiCapabilityWorld War I Author:Marco Rubio
“I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.” MenWarDreamYoungDiesPeaceViolenceMilitaryYouthBattleConflictEarsHistoricalSoldierYoung ManFedsOld ManAnti WarAntiwarWorld War ISenatorsPeace WarNo WarFed UpWorld War 1Just WarWar VeteranMilitary SoldierSoldiers At WarAnti War MovementWars And BattlesBlind Acceptance Author:George McGovern
“After every major conflict - World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the fall of the Soviet Union - what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep across-the-board cuts.” WorldWarFallForceCuttingHappenedConflictMajorsUnionsBoardsWar Of The WorldsVietnamSovietWorld War IiWorld War ISoviet UnionKorea Author:Leon Panetta
“Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.” GivingWarPeaceConflictAnti WarWorld War IPeace WarNo WarWorld War 1 Author:Carl Sandburg
“We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.” WantWarPartyMilitaryConflictAnti WarAntiwarWorld War IWant SomethingPeace WarNo WarWorld War 1Just WarWorld War One Author:Jeane Kirkpatrick
“This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.” WorldChildrenWarPresidentPovertyMilitaryThis WorldArmsGeniusConflictScientistSoldierSpendingWar Of The WorldsSweatAntiwarWorld War IVietnam WarWorld War 2Great WarLaborersMake Peace Not WarFree GovernmentArmamentEnding PovertyGovernment SpendingSpending MoneyUs PresidentPeace Not WarJust WarWorld PovertyCost Of WarMilitary SoldierWar On PovertyGlobal PovertyGreatest MilitaryMilitary BudgetPolitics And WarMilitary SpendingWarshipsDefense SpendingPowerful GovernmentMilitary Weapons Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” HumansWarLibertyHistoryMilitaryFieldsHeroBattleConflictConservativeBritainWorld War IiWorld War IHeroismWarfareEnteringNot Giving UpMemorial DayGreat WarInspirational MilitaryAir PowerWorld War 1Military PowerCall Of DutyMilitary HistoryProwessMilitary ServiceHouse Of CommonsGood PatrioticGreat MilitaryAirmenFinest HourGreatest MilitaryUndauntedPearl Harbor DayPatriotism And WarThanking Our VeteransMilitary LifeBattle Of Britain Author:Winston Churchill
“I am quite confident that in the foreseeable future armed conflict will not take the form of huge land armies facing each other across extended battle lines, as they did in World War I and World War II or, for that matter, as they would have if NATO had faced the Warsaw Pact on the field of battle.” IfsWorldWarMatterFormLinesLandMilitaryFieldsHugeBattleConflictArmyWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War INatoPactArmed ConflictWarsawWarsaw Pact Author:Norman Schwarzkopf