“In our victory over Japan, airpower was unquestionably decisive. That the planned invasion of the Japanese Home islands was unnecessary is clear evidence that airpower has evolved into a force in war co-equal with land and sea power, decisive in its own right and worthy of the faith of its prophets.” WarHomeForceClearSeaLandMilitaryVictoryEqualEvidenceWorthyIslandsProphetJapanAviationUnnecessaryInvasionAir PowerAirpowerLand And SeaMilitary AviationSea Power Author:Carl Andrew Spaatz
“The lights of Saxon England were going out, and in the gathering darkness a gentle, grey-beard prophet foretold the end. When on his death-bed Edward spoke of a time of evil that was coming upon the land his inspired mutterings struck terror into the hearers.” EndsLightEvilDarknessLandBedEnglandInspiredTerrorGentleProphetSpokesGoing OutGreyGatheringBeardDeath BedMuttering Book:History of the English Speaking Peoples: Based on the Text of 'A History of the English-speaking Peoples' by Sir Winston Churchill Source: History of the English Speaking Peoples: Based on the Text of 'A History of the English-speaking Peoples' by Sir Winston Churchill
“Neither Britain, a land fertile in tyrants, nor the people of Ireland, knew Moses and the prophets.” PeopleLandProphetBritainTyrantsIrelandMosesFertile Author:St. Jerome
“Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.” PeopleDeathLandPoetHonorStrangerProphetDeath And DyingDying DeathNear DeathStranger In A Strange LandSomeone Who Is Dying Author:Khalil Gibran
“Truly we are passing through disastrous times, when we may well make our own the lamentation of the Prophet: "There is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God in the land" (Hosea 4:1). Yet in the midst of this tide of evil, the Virgin Most Merciful rises before our eyes like a rainbow, as the arbiter of peace between God and man.” MenWellsMayEyeEvilLandMercyPassingPassingsProphetMidstTidesRainbowVirginsMercifulPassing ThroughKnowledge Of GodArbiterLamentation Author:Pope Pius X
“Allah said, 'A prophet must slaughter before collecting captives. A slaughtered enemy is driven from the land. Muhammad, you craved the desires of this world, its goods and the ransom captives would bring. But Allah desires killing them to manifest the religion.'” WorldSaidDesireEnemyLandThis WorldKillingDrivenViolentProphetGoodsManifestCollectingMuhammadSlaughterCaptivesRansom Author:Ibn Ishaq
“I always quoted to my parents from Kahlil Gibran, "The Prophet." Your children are not your children. They come through you, but not from you. You can give them your love, but not your thoughts, for they come from a land that you cannot enter, not even in your wildest dreams.” GivingChildrenDreamParentLandOur ChildrenYour ChildrenProphetWildest Dreams Author:Andrew Young
“Osama bin Laden, who is a Saudi, feels himself to be a patriot because the U.S. has forces in Saudi Arabia, which is sacred because it is the land of the prophet Mohammed.” FeelsForceLandSacredProphetPatriotBin LadenArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisOsama Bin LadenProphet Mohammed Author:Edward Said
“People who have left the group talk about how a religious inspiration took them to ISIS. It was their feeling of being marginalized as Muslims in the society where they were living, and then buying into the promise of a caliphate and of a Muslim land that is governed as in the time of the prophet. I have yet to meet anybody, or speak to anybody, who was not religiously motivated at some level.” PeopleFeelingsInspirationLeftSpeakReligiousLevelsGroupsLandPromiseProphetBuyingMotivatedIsisMarginalized Author:Rukmini Maria Callimachi