“I'm eighty-three and homeless. It was the same when World War II ended. The Army kept me on because I could type, so I was typing other people's discharges and stuff. And my feeling was "Please, I've done everything I was supposed to do. Can I go home now?" That what I feel right now. I've written books. Lots of them. Please, I've done everything I'm supposed to do. Can I go home now? I've wondered where home is. It's when I was in Indianapolis when I was nine years old. Had a dog, a cat, a brother, a sister.” PeopleWorldFeelsYearsBookWarDoneFeelingsHomeAgeThreeStuffWrittenDogBrotherTypePleaseRight NowCatArmyNineOld AgeWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IHomelessEightyFeels RightNine YearsDischargeTypingIndianapolisWhere Home Is Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“Everything on this earth right now is about labor and slavery. War is the only American export left that anyone wants to buy.” WantWarEarthLeftRight NowLaborSlavery Author:Roseanne Barr
“I opposed the war in Iraq because I did not believe it was in our national security interest, and I still don't. What we [America] did was akin to taking a baseball bat to a beehive. Our primary security threat right now is terrorism - and by doing what we did in Iraq, we've managed to alienate a good part of the world and most of the allies whose intelligence and other help we need to combat and defeat terrorism.” WorldNeedsBelieveStillsWarHelpingAmericaInterestSecurityRight NowBaseballThreatDefeatIraqTerrorismPrimariesCombatAlliesBatsNational SecurityBeehives Author:Jerry Springer
“You can't beat your enemy anymore through wars; instead you create an entire generation of people revenge-seeking. [...] Our opponents are going to resort to car bombs and suicide attacks because they have no other way to win. I believe (Rumsfeld) thinks this is a war that can be won, but there is no such thing anymore. We can't beat anyone anymore.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveWarMatterWinningI BelieveEnemyGenerationsCarRight NowBeatsSuicideSeekingRevengeThese DaysOpponentsBombsResorts Author:George Clooney
“If we stick together as an American people we can bring down the war criminals that are running our country right now.” PeopleIfsWarCountryRunningTogetherRight NowSticksCriminalsOur Country Author:Cindy Sheehan
“Right now my field must tackle describing a world where falling in love, going to war and filling out tax forms looks the same; it looks like typing.” WorldLooksWarFormFallFieldsRight NowTaxesFalling In LoveFillingDescribingTypingGoing To War Author:Quinn Norton
“There is a war being waged right now on prayer and religion by liberals who are taking every opportunity to make America as God-less as possible.” WarAmericaOpportunityPrayerRight Now Author:J. C. Watts
“We want accountability. We just buried a president [President Gerald Ford] who did not hold another president [President Nixon] accountable for war crimes and that's why we're in Iraq right now. Our leaders who get us into these messes are the ones who need to be held accountable.” WantNeedsWarPresidentLeaderCrimeRight NowIraqMessAccountabilityBuriedWar CrimesPresident NixonGerald Ford Author:Cindy Sheehan
“Honestly I'm excited about the possibilities of what comes next, and the funny thing is, that is sort of what "Star Wars" is kind of about. I mean, I remember being 10 years old and seeing that movie and leaving the theater and feeling like, oh, my God, anything is possible. And I feel like anything is possible right now. I don't know what's next, but I look forward to it.” KnowsFeelsYearsLooksKindMeanWarFeelingsRememberNextStarsSeeingPossibilityRight NowTheaterLeavingExcitedHonestlyFunny ThingsAnything Is Possible Author:J. J. Abrams
“If you look in the Muslim World right now, the Shia, the Sunni Muslims are standing at the brink of a pit of fire started by Western intervention and influence in pitting them against each other by exploiting their divisions. So the stage is set for war in that area of the world that would destroy that area as completely as what they are calling the failed state Libya making Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq failed states.” IfsWorldLooksWarStatesFireInfluenceStageCallingRight NowAreasStandingWesternIraqDivisionAfghanistanSyriaInterventionPitsLibyaMuslim WorldShia Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Star Wars film is breaking all previous box office records. (Why might we want to revisit those characters, that narrative, those jokes and tropes again, in this way, right now? I wonder what it will turn out to reveal about the economics and politics of this moment.)” WayWantWarMomentsCharacterMightFilmTurnsStarsWonderRecordsRight NowOfficeJokesEconomicsBoxesNarrativeBox OfficeTropes Author:Laura Mullen
“The laws of war right now say that we can respond when our country is threatened. That is what international law says.” WarCountryLawRight NowInternationalOur CountryThreatenedInternational Law Author:Jill Stein
“In the meantime, we have just incredible economic disparities and economic despair in this country and an entire generation that is basically held hostage in debt without the jobs to get out of it. And this is not a world that's working for us, and the climate is going up in flames right now, and the wars are expanding, and we've got 2,000 nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert. This is not a good picture, and I think the American people are discovering that.” PeopleThinkingWorldWarCountryJobsGenerationsEconomicHairRight NowDespairWeaponsClimateIncrediblesDebtNuclearFlamesDiscoveringNuclear WeaponsExpandingTriggersHostageDisparity Author:Jill Stein
“We have two thousand nuclear weapons on the trigger alert right now and Hillary Clinton wants to start an air war with Russia, a nuclear-armed power, over Syria as the means of addressing ISIS and the crisis in Syria.” WantMeanTwoWarAirRight NowThousandWeaponsCrisisClintonNuclearRussiaNuclear WeaponsSyriaTriggersIsis Author:Jill Stein
“If you look back at the first Gulf war, the Arabs sent forces, they sent money. So their interests in Iraq are clear, but they're nowhere to be seen now. Why? Because right now, it's dangerous to be seen as supporting the United States.” IfsFirstsLooksWarStatesForceInterestUnitedUnited StatesClearDangerousRight NowIraqGulf War Author:Brent Scowcroft
“Steve Bannon is the biggest threat to democracy that we've faced since the Civil War, but in the Civil War the champion of democracy was in the White House. So, even then, we were probably in less danger as a country than we are right now.” WarCountryHouseWhiteDemocracyDangerRight NowThreatChampionCivil WarWhite House Author:Van Jones
“Of course the issue of ending war, and creating prosperity; they're overarching issues all the time. But right now, the challenge to this generation I believe is the climate crisis. It's a national security issue, it's a health issue in terms of clean air, it's a competitiveness issue in terms of innovation and it's a moral issue to preserve the planet for the next generation.” BelieveWarCoursesNextI BelieveTermChallengesMoralIssuesGenerationsAirSecurityPlanetsRight NowCreatingInnovationCrisisCleanClimateProsperityPreservesNational SecurityNext GenerationThis GenerationCompetitivenessMoral IssuesHealth IssuesClean Air Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Some of [Donald Trump] comments can be interpreted as potentially reducing the threat of nuclear war. The major threat right now is right on the Russian border. Notice, not the Mexican border, the Russian border. And it's serious. He has made various statements moving towards reducing the tensions, accommodating Russian concerns and so on.” MadeWarMovingSeriousTrumpRight NowMajorsConcernThreatVariousNuclearStatementsBordersTensionCommentMexicanReducingNuclear WarMexican Border Author:Noam Chomsky
“Bush, as far as I'm concerned, is a war criminal. With Trump, we have no idea. Right now it's just a freak show.” IdeasWarShowsTrumpRight NowConcernedCriminalsNo IdeaFreak Author:Mike Dirnt
“You don't achieve anything by stopping at the first sign of difficulty. If we'd stopped after Dieppe in World War II, where would we be right now as a nation? If we'd stopped before Vimy Ridge, we wouldn't have been a nation at all. Yes, you've got to know when to say "stop" as a leader, you sure do, but you've also got to know when to push for the final thing that's going to give you the full benefit.” IfsKnowsWorldGivingFirstsHas BeensWarNationsLeaderAchieveRight NowBenefitsDifficultyFinalsWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IStoppingRidges Author:Rick Hillier