Quotes of: War-hero Keyword

The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally.

Paul Fussell

It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major war of this century.

Pete Hamill

President Lincoln chose to fight a bloody and unpopular war because he believed the enemy had to be defeated. He was right.

Pete Hegseth

With our Reserve and Guard units playing increasingly important roles in the war on terror and in Iraq, it is unacceptable to make them jump through any unnecessary hurdles.

Pat Roberts

A cosmic war is like a ritual drama in which participants act out on Earth a battle they believe is actually taking place in the heavens.

Reza Aslan

It is because the administration is hostile to silver; and thus it is surrendering this country to the Shylocks of the Old World who have made war upon it.

Richard Parks Bland

The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking to continue that war, give me little comfort that this Administration has learned from its mistakes in Iraq.

Robert Byrd

It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I rarely find any intelligible agreement as to the object of the war.

Richard Cobden

William Dalrymple called me a war junkie in his silly book. No, I don't have a desire for it. I'm appalled and infuriated by it.

Robert Fisk

As we are all aware, Special Operations Forces, SOF, are playing an increasingly essential role as we continue to fight and, more importantly, win the war on terror.

Robin Hayes

I learned a lot from Vietnam veterans, especially as some of them turned against their own war.

Robert Jay Lifton

We can fight the War on Terrorism in other places around the world or we can fight it here in America. The right choice is to fight those terrorists where they are.

Randy Neugebauer

War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.

Smedley Butler

The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide are joining the ranks of veterans to whom America owes an immense debt of gratitude.

Steve Buyer

So we have a group within the office that is devoted to support for the war fighter. That's, of necessity, an operational and tactical level of concern.

Stephen Cambone

There are only two sides to this question. Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war; only patriots and traitors.

Stephen Douglas

As British and French imperialism ebbed following the end of the Second World War, America became the main outside player in Arab affairs.

Stephen Kinzer

'Capitalism' is a dirty word for many intellectuals, but there are a number of studies showing that open economies and free trade are negatively correlated with genocide and war.

Steven Pinker

We say that we care about the war, but we don't even really know what we're fighting for.

Scott Ritter

It fills me with a weird rage to wear shoes that make me not able to walk easily or run if I had to. It feeds into this whole 'war on women' thing in my head.

Sarah Silverman

What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war.

Simone Weil