Quotes of: Civil-war Keyword

In Malta, the Wars of Religion reached their climax. If both sides believed that they saw Paradise in the bright sky above them, they had a close and very intimate knowledge of Hell.

The Great Siege

The Spaniards are good at many things, but not at making war. All foreigners are alike appalled by their inefficiency, above all their maddening unpunctuality. The one word that no foreigner can avoid learning is mañana.

Homage to Catalonia

War is being reminded that you are completely at the mercy of death at every moment, without the illusion that you are not. Without the distractions that make life worth living.

House of Dolls

Because, sometimes you've to think about more than your own safety! Sometimes you've to think about the greater good! This is war!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.

The Art of War

O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible, and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

The Art of War

Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.

The Art of War

There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must be not attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.

The Art of War

There is glory in the work towards building peace and none towards creating war...think about it!✌

Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying

Wait, I got it. We, uh, won the battle and lost the war, or was it the other way around? 'Cause around here, it's hard to tell sometimes.

Beautiful Creatures

He's at war with himself. Why doesn't he surrender to his feelings and stop fighting himself? He has hang-ups that I must cut him loose from.

Byblis And Caunus

A brick could be used to simulate a war opponent. Especially if your nemesis is paraplegic and without transportation. 

Brick and Blanket Test in Brick City (Ocala) Florida

Righteous, I like that. Kinda fitting when you think about it. If we danced and shared music, we'd be too busy en-joy-in' life to start a war.

Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

... because one kingdom goes to war with another, it does not mean all citizens of that kingdom agree with it. It is not always they have a choice.

Blades in the Dark: The Guardians of Siva

People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.

Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall

science devises ever bloodier means of war until humanity’s powers of destruction overcome our powers of creation and our civilisation drives itself to extinction.

Cloud Atlas

If we take a small step in extolling peacemakers as much as honoring war heroes, we will be making a giant leap towards peace.

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness

Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.

Nas

From a scientific perspective there is some indication that a nuclear war could deplete the earth's ozone layer or, less likely, could bring on a new Ice Age - but there is no suggestion that either the created order or mankind would be destroyed in ...

Herman Kahn

If we're going to ask our kids at age 18 to go off to war and die for their country, I don't see any problem with asking them at age 16 to think about what that might mean.

Matthew Tobin Anderson

The U.S. Army records alone for World War II weigh 17,000 tons, and even the best historians have not done more than just scratch the surface. The story is such that 500 years from now people will be writing and reading about it.

Rick Atkinson