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What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in America in the 1770s and 1780s. – L. Neil Smith

I think there should be holy war against yoga classes. – Werner Herzog

For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner. – Robert Capa

The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time. – Hamid Karzai

But the war on terror as I have repeatedly said in the past, and the Afghan people believe in it, in truth, is that the war on terror is not in the Afghan villages or homes. Its in the sanctuaries, it is in the training grounds, its in the motivation factors and the money that comes to it. – Hamid Karzai

Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war. – John Bolton

You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas. – Dougray Scott

My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot stories and seeing pictures of him in uniform. – Eric Liu

I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency. – Nicolas Sarkozy

It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

Thus, the use of fiat money is more justifiable in financing a depression than in financing a war. – Carroll Quigley

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure. – Charles Schumer

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary. – Charles Schumer

We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning. – William Westmoreland

Four years of world war, at a cost in human suffering which our minds are mercifully too limited to imagine, led to the very clear realization that international anarchy must be abandoned if civilization was to survive. – Arthur Henderson

In our modern world of interdependent nations, hardly any state can wage war successfully without raising loans and buying war materials of every kind in the markets of other nations. – Arthur Henderson

In short, it may be said that on paper the obligations to settle international disputes peacefully are now so comprehensive and far-reaching that it is almost impossible for a state to resort to war without violating one or more solemn treaty obligations. – Arthur Henderson

To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar fact that civilization is a partial, incomplete, and, to a great extent, superficial modification of barbarism. – Elihu Root

In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war. – Arthur Henderson

Moreover, war has become a thing potentially so terrible and destructive that it should have been the common aim of statesmen to put an end to it forever. – Arthur Henderson