Quotes about "War & Peace"

Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable, because you lose all flexibility in dealing with your opponents. ”

We're not getting involved in terms of sending ground forces into Libya. Let's be clear about that. And indeed the UN Resolution forbids that. It says no foreign occupation of any part of Libya. ”

I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran. ”

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. ”

So, anything that avoids a conflict that could draw in, unhappily again, outside powers such as the United States or revisit, for example, Japan's interests in the Taiwan area would be the last thing that anyone would want. ”

You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national interest or the stability or longevity of their regime. ”

If you're in government, that's one of the one things you have to do is to always avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. ”

When I came out of the military, I had a club in Memphis and I started using the The Bar Kays as my club band. They were still only in the middle school - but I'd take them on the road with me on the weekends, sometimes. ”

I felt a little uncomfortable because, when I went in to the military, I was the main male vocalist they had and when I came out they had like two or three vocalists. Otis came in when I was in the military, too. ”

Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex and the damage it could do to society. ”