- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
War Quotes
War, remembered and reckoned with.
This topic pairs literary observation, such as a novelist's take on the social fabric depicted in a sprawling Tolstoy epic, with hard historical fact about the 1962 border conflict between China and India. Readers interested in broader historical context can visit History.
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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the situation now, people might be intrigued to see how a country coped with war all those years ago.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas.
- Follow
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But it cannot follow that because weapons and troops are now being deployed we are bound to go to war.
- Feasible
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No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for example by allowing more time to the UN inspectors.
- Go
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It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.
- Fight
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I may be wrong in that, but not I think in putting the questions. In our modern democracy the government needs not a unanimous but a general support for war before it orders our forces to fight.
- Handling
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- Nov 07, 2020
We, Britain and Germany, can neither of us be happy about our handling of the Iraq war.
- Will
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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
- Face
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Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
- Guns
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In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
- History
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Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.
- Present
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One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Israel, you see strong borders as the best way to ensure peace, while in Europe, people see it as a cause of war.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020