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“Say what you want to say about the rest of his presidency, including his tone-deaf response to Katrina and a war waged in Iraq on false pretenses, Bush connected with Americans in the aftermath of 9/11 because he looked as frail and unforgiving as we felt.”

Want War Felt Response Including Iraq Connected What You Want Tone Presidency Deaf Pretense Frail Aftermath Katrina Unforgiving

Author:Ron Fournier

“President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that was plunged into 30 years of war, into an advanced, industrialized, Western-style democracy. What we want to achieve is Afghanistan's capacity to secure and govern itself.”

World Want Should Years Said War Country Turns President Democracy Achieve Style Capacity Western Secure Aspiration Realistic Afghanistan President Obama Poorest

Author:David Petraeus

“So war is an extremely sad business, because the majority of people don't want to be in it.”

People Want War Majority

Author:Gerald Scarfe

“In this world we see nothing but diversity. Everyone thinks separate ideas and wants to develop a separate identity. They fight wars with each other. They destroy each other's identities.”

Thinking World Want Ideas War Humanity Fighting Identity This World Buddhism Diversity

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies.”

Thinking Want War Taxes American Society Sad Things

Author:Zoe Saldana

“The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if you think about it, is a form of taxation without representation. We fought a war over that issue and we won that war.”

“I just want people to see what I deem as a war for no reason, but only for greed.”

People Want War Reason Greed No Reason

Author:Robert Cray

“I am an avid follower of the news, and sometimes you just can't take any more war, any more disasters, and you want to remind yourself there's beauty in the world. I wanted to show a more poetic side to my work. It was all about... a feeling of sadness, but in a cinematic kind of way. I find beauty in melancholy.”

World Way Want Kind War Sometimes Shows Feelings Wanted Sides Sadness News Disaster Working It Poetic Melancholy Followers Cinematic Avid

Author:Alexander McQueen

“The principle, on which the war was waged by the North, was simply this: That men may rightfully be compelled to submit to, and support, a government that they do not want; and that resistance, on their part, makes them traitors and criminals.”

Men Want May War Government Principles Support Criminals Resistance Submit Compelled Traitor

Book:Individualist anarchist pamphlets

Source: Individualist anarchist pamphlets

“No principle, that is possible to be named, can be more self-evidently false than this; or more self-evidently fatal to all political freedom. Yet it triumphed in the field, and is now assumed to be established. If it really be established, the number of slaves, instead of having been diminished by the war, has been greatly increased; for a man, thus subjected to a government that he does not want, is a slave.”

Ifs Men Want Doe Has Beens War Self Government Political Numbers Principles Fields Slave Political Freedom

Book:No Treason: No. 1-

Source: No Treason: No. 1-

“If you want peace, understand war.”

Author:B. H. Liddell Hart

“But I'm grateful for everyone who would want to read a spoiler because it means that they care and want to see the movie. I know what it feels like, as an enormous Star Wars fan myself.”

Knows Want Feels Mean War Care Stars Fans Grateful Enormous Spoilers

Author:J. J. Abrams

“I want to tell you that I think this war is a great mistake.”

Thinking Want War Mistake Great Mistakes

Author:Pierre Laval

“A man who experiences no genuine satisfaction in life does not want peace. Men court war to escape meaninglessness and boredom, to be relieved of fear and frustration.”

Men Want Doe War Court Satisfaction Inner Peace Genuine Boredom Frustration Relieved Meaninglessness Satisfaction In Life

Author:Nels Fredrick Solomon Ferre