They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead. Henry A. Wallace on war
The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it. John Podhoretz on war
The idea that the rest of the world was somehow being held hostage by the Arab-Israeli conflict once had a minimal basis in reality. In the first 20 years of Israel's existence, every Arab country was in an active state of war with the Jewish state. John Podhoretz on war
Hurtling the Pentagon into an unprecedented budgetary meltdown is horrifically irresponsible. Obama doesn't care. This is war - not against the Taliban, but war against the GOP. He has Republicans on the ropes, and that's a victory he savors and desires - unlike Afghanistan, where he seems only to want to turn tail. John Podhoretz on war
And I'm a slow writer: five, six hundred words is a good day. That's the reason it took me 20 years to write those million and a half words of the Civil War. Shelby Foote on war
War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. Smedley Butler on war
I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it's too late. Imelda Marcos on war
My father was in the First World War. Doris Lessing on war
When there's a war, people get married. Doris Lessing on war
I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I. Doris Lessing on war
You cannot avoid war in life, you cannot avoid the fear of terrorism, you cannot avoid those things now, they are a part of everyday demeanor. John Mayer on war
Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain. Elizabeth Bowen on war
Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one it is man and not materials that counts. Mao Zedong on war
Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. Mao Zedong on war
Republicans have been losing the war of words for years now. Now they are just caving because they don't even want to try. I don't agree with that approach. Herman Cain on war
The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people. Ezra Pound on war
We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn't like. It has no resemblance to democracy. Joni Mitchell on war
And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede. Dick Gregory on war
All war represents a failure of diplomacy. Tony Benn on war