Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment. Wendell Willkie
This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear war, and humanity were wiped out, the Earth would breathe a sigh of relief. James Lovelock
There is no morality in war. Morality is the privilege of those judging from the distance. War is only death and destruction. John Cory
If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space. James Lovelock
My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we were born, in Jay County, to have a college degree. She was educated as a pianist and she wanted to concertize, but when the war came she was married, had a family, so she started teaching. Twyla Tharp
I have a friend that is a WWII buff, and we sat and talked a lot about stuff like the war and the reasons behind it, and you now it's all in the uniform. Once you're in it, it usually does all the work for you. Ryan Gosling
The Pentagon still has not given a name to the Iraqi war. Somehow 'Operation Re-elect Bush' doesn't seem to be popular. Jay Leno
One to destroy, is murder by the law and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe to murder thousands, takes a specious name, 'War's glorious art', and gives immortal fame. Edward Young
Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances. Shimon Peres
It's a war of attrition. If you have patience and a modicum of faith in yourself your chances are not too bad. Julie Bowen
The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy. Ramsey Clark
I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy. If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago. George Porter
Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness. B. H. Liddell Hart
Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality. James A. Garfield
We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We wished that the program had not failed and then the warriors could have achieved their goals. Abu Abbas
War continues to divide people, to change them forever, and I write about it both because I want people to understand the absolute futility of war, the 'pity of war' as Wilfred Owen called it. Michael Morpurgo
Everyone is interested in war, in that people don't want it to happen. I'm much more interested in peace than in war but it's important to understand why we fight. Michael Morpurgo
I remember an article, I can't recall who by, it was after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which said that now the Wall was down, there could be no more class war. Only someone with money could ever say such a thing. Claude Chabrol
When you go to war, both sides lose totally. Yoko Ono