Robert Frost Quotes, War Quotes, Taken Quotes

Before now poetry has taken notice Of wars, and what are wars but politics Transformed from chronic to acute and bloody?

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War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored nor accepted.

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Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , War Quotes , May Quotes

May there not be methods of using explosive energy incomparably more intense than anything heretofore discovered? Might not a bomb no bigger than an orange be found to possess a secret power to destroy a whole block of buildings-nay, to concentrate the force of a thousand tons of cordite and blast a township at a stroke? Could not explosives even of the existing type be guided automatically in flying machines by wireless or other rays, without a human pilot, in ceaseless procession upon a hostile city, arsenal, camp or dockyard?

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Tags : Winston Churchill Quotes , Block Quotes , War Quotes

A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

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Tags : Warren Buffett Quotes , Life Quotes , War Quotes

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.

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An Emperor confides in national soldiers, not in mercenaries.

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As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery.

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Tags : John Donne Quotes , War Quotes , Hieroglyphics Quotes

I think a lot of the national Democrats believe that, you know, Iraq is a distraction and not part of the War on Terror. They've said so. And I strongly disagree.

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A leader leads by example not by force.

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Tags : Sun Tzu Quotes , Encouragement Quotes , War Quotes

Before the war it had seemed incredible that such terrors and slaughters, even if they began, could last more than a few months. After the first two years it was difficult to believe that they would ever end.

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Tags : Winston Churchill Quotes , War Quotes , Believe Quotes

And as we are - the world is. That is, if we are greedy, envious, competitive, our society will be competitive, envious, greedy, which brings misery and war. The State is what we are.

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Tags : Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes , War Quotes , World Quotes

I hear a lot of talk about civil war. I'm concerned about that, of course. And I've talked to a lot of people about it. And what I've found from my talks are that the Iraqis want a unified country and that the Iraqi leadership is determined to thwart the efforts of the extremists and the radicals.

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Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans.

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Tags : Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes , War Quotes , Yield Quotes

In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything.

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Bismarck fought 'necessary' wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight 'just' wars and kill millions.

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Tags : A. J. P. Taylor Quotes , War Quotes , Fighting Quotes

The full value of this life can only be got by fighting; the violent take it by storm. And if we have accepted everything we have missed something - war. This life of ours is a very enjoyable fight, but a very miserable truce.

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Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , War Quotes , Fighting Quotes

In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.

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I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.

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Tags : Abraham Lincoln Quotes , War Quotes , Law Quotes

The Trojans lost the war because they fell for a really dumb trick. hey, there's a gigantic wooden horse outside and all the Greeks have left. Let's bring it inside! Not a formula for long-term survival. Now if they had formed a task force to study the Trojan Horse and report back to a committee, everyone wouldn't have been massacred.. Who says middle management is useless?

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Tags : Adam C. Engst Quotes , Horse Quotes , War Quotes

Sometimes it has been of great moment while the fight is going on, to disseminate words that pronounce the enemies' captain to be dead, or to have been conquered by another part of the army. Many times this has given victory to him who used it.

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Tags : Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes , Art Quotes , War Quotes