War
Quotes - Everything is war
“Until
the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and
permanently discredited and abandoned...
Everything
is war. Me say war.
That
until the're no longer 1st class and 2nd class citizens of any nation...
Until
the color of a man's skin is of
no
more significa...nce than the color of his eyes, me say war. That until the
basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race me say
war!”
―
Haile Selassie
“Religion
isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.”
―
Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair
“I'm
fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.”
―
George McGovern
“When
someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You
wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is
hard. Much harder than being bad.”
―
Jeanne DuPrau , The People of Sparks
“I
know you're still young but I want you to understand and learn this now.
Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a very very bright girl. Truly you
are. You can be anything you want Laila. I know this about you. And I also know
that when this war is over Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men
maybe even more. Because a society has no chance of success if its women are
uneducated Laila. No chance.”
―
Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns
“We're
going to meet a lot of lonely people in the next week and the next month and
the next year. And when they ask us what we're doing, you can say, We're
remembering. That's where we'll win out in the long run. And someday we'll
remember so much that we'll build the biggest goddamn steamshovel in history
and dig the biggest grave of all time and shove war in it and cover it up.”
―
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
“The
whole world can become the enemy when you lose what you love.”
―
Kristina McMorris, Bridge of Scarlet Leaves
“Why
do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart
on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled “enemy?”
―
Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“I
don't care a damn about men who are loyal to the people who pay them, to
organizations...I don't think even my country means all that much. There are
many countries in our blood, aren't there, but only one person. Would the world
be in the mess it is if we were loyal to love and not to countries?”
―
Graham Greene, Our Man in Havana
“We
often think of peace as the absence of war, that if powerful countries would
reduce their weapon arsenals, we could have peace. But if we look deeply into
the weapons, we see our own minds- our own prejudices, fears and ignorance.
Even if we transport all the bombs to the moon, the roots of war and the roots
of bombs are still there, in our hearts and minds, and sooner or later we will
make new bombs. To work for peace is to uproot war from ourselves and from the
hearts of men and women. To prepare for war, to give millions of men and women
the opportunity to practice killing day and night in their hearts, is to plant
millions of seeds of violence, anger, frustration, and fear that will be passed
on for generations to come. ”
―
Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
“The
first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a
cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were
butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
When
evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out "stop!"
When
crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become
unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in
summer.”
―
Bertolt Brecht, Selected Poems
“The
whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real
intent.”
―
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“And
if we burn, you burn with us.”
―
Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay
“It
is the oldest ironies that are still the most satisfying: man, when preparing
for bloody war, will orate loudly and most eloquently in the name of peace.”
―
Alan Moore, Watchmen
“What
had human beings become? Did war make us evil or just activate an evil already
lurking within us?”
―
Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea
“They
say that war is death's best friend, but I must offer you a different point of
view on that one. To me, war is like the new boss who expects the impossible.
He stands over your shoulder repeating one thin, incessantly: 'Get it done, get
it done.' So you work harder. You get the job done. The boss, however, does not
thank you. He asks for more.”
―
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
“Pacifism
is objectively pro-fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the
war effort of one side, you automatically help out that of the other. Nor is
there any real way of remaining outside such a war as the present one. In
practice, 'he that is not with me is against me'.”
―
George Orwell
“In
War: Resolution,
In
Defeat: Defiance,
In
Victory: Magnanimity
In
Peace: Good Will.”
―
Winston S. Churchill, The Second World War
“You
can't win a war. Someone else just loses.”
―
Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom
“There
is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and
send him forth to war, the beast stirs.”
―
George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
