Quotes about "War & Peace"

What we look for are people that are technically competent. You need a background in a scientific field, whether it's as a scientist, an engineer, medical doctor, or, you know, a person that's in the military with some kind of technical background. ”

The use of military force against a sovereign nation is an act of war. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution explicitly grants Congress the sole power to declare war. ”

As the United States Congress considers military intervention in Syria, per President Obama's request, I think it's important to be very honest about what we are considering. ”

Given that the president has not yet demonstrated why military action is in our best interest, given that the administration will not be constrained to keep boots off the ground, and given that there is no clear end-game, I am against the president's resolution to go to war in Syria. ”

My colleagues and I met with Prime Minister Netanyahu and other Israeli military and security officials to discuss our votes against the terrible Iran deal and to reaffirm our commitment to our longstanding alliance. ”

Rotten bosses don't get better. Any strategy that assumes they can is doomed. ”

Like many traditional feminists, I became one of the boys, only better. For a while it gave me a buzz to win at their game, but ultimately, that kind of power just goes nowhere. Traditional feminism excludes men and so perpetuates conflict. I am not interested in warring about power. ”

But the thing we do know is whatever it costs to save and protect American lives in this conflict, we're going to spend. ”

No campaign of the First World War better justifies the poets' view of the conflict as futile and pitiless than Gallipoli. ”

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict. ”