Quotes about "War & Peace"

Resolution 1441 does not give anyone the right to an automatic use of force. Russia believes that the Iraqi problem should be regulated by the Security Council, which carries the main responsibility for ensuring international security. ”

The final conflict will be between the Communists and the ex-Communists. ”

Military is a great place for a jock. That's the first thing they test you, they test you physically. If you can run, if you can do the pushups, it's not as hard a transition. If you can't do that, you're going to have a problem because they're going to really work it out of you or work it into you. ”

If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations for freedom and liberty in a complex society. ”

Peacemaking and democratic state-building require blood and magic. ”

I don't make resolutions, because resolutions seem so ephemeral and transient to go away. ”

When you get to 15 and most of your teachers are priests, there's bound to be a conflict. ”

Life's not so rocky now. It was very volatile when you're young: you've got no experience. Your sense of disappointment is far greater; your sense of success is overwhelming. And then you've got the emotional conflict within any group that you're not mature enough to deal with until you get older. It levels out. ”

I had assumed that Bush's seemingly inflexible policy to support Sharon was for political reasons of his getting elected. But as to whether he really believes his actions are going to hasten the day of the final conflict, I do not know. ”

Castro has been a teacher for me. A master. Not on ideology but on strategy. ”