Society, Justice & Peace: War Quotes

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"The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?"

Paddy Ashdown, Politician

"I am here because I think it was a terrible sin of the West to allow those years of war"

Paddy Ashdown, Politician

"The troops were occasionally occupied in pursuing scattered bands going north or south, and on three occasions the large camp of Sitting Bull ventured south of the Canadian border, and important expeditions were sent against them"

Nelson A. Miles, Soldier

"For a time during the early settlement of this country, peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare"

Nelson A. Miles, Soldier

"Some of those drawn into the holy war had been secular nationalists only a few years before. If one looks at the biographies of these people, remarkable continuities are revealed"

Jurgen Habermas, Philosopher

"I consider Bush's decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevating these criminals to the status of war enemies, and one cannot lead a war against a network if the term war is to retain any definite meaning"

Jurgen Habermas, Philosopher

"Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems"

Jurgen Habermas, Philosopher

"Osama bin Laden, the person, more likely serves the function of a stand-in. Compare the new terrorists with partisans or conventional terrorists in Israel. These people often fight in a decentralized manner in small, autonomous units, too"

Jurgen Habermas, Philosopher

"Instead of the international police action we had hoped for during the war in Kosovo, there are wars again - conducted with state-of-the-art technology, but still in the old style"

Jurgen Habermas, Philosopher

"The scenarios of biological or chemical warfare painted in detail by the American media during the months after September 11, only betray the inability of the government to determine the magnitude of the danger"

Jurgen Habermas, Philosopher

"In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated"

John McCarthy, Politician

"I can do nothing with the enemy, save observe him"

John Buford, Soldier

"It's a tough time, my friends. We need to make sacrifices to ensure our troops have the tools they need in order to get the job done. This budget will help us win the War on Terror"

Dennis Hastert, Politician

"Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions"

John McCarthy, Politician

"Found everybody in a terrible state of excitement on account of the enemy's advance upon this place"

John Buford, Soldier

"After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests"

Jurgen Habermas, Philosopher

"You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians"

Barry Goldwater, Politician

"Words are as strong and powerful as bombs, as napalm"

Dorothy Day, Activist

"The sea from Dunkirk to Dover during these days of the evacuation looked like any coastal road in England on a bank holiday. It was solid with shipping"

Douglas Bader, Soldier

"I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle!"

Barry Goldwater, Politician

"In my own sphere I did everything that could possibly be expected of a man who believes in the greatness of his people and who is filled with fanaticism for the greatness of his country, in order to bring about the victory of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist movement"

Hans Frank, Public Servant

"War is not a thing one wants"

Hans Frank, Public Servant

"Ports are the gaping hole in America's homeland security"

Dianne Feinstein, Politician

"It seems to me the American people never really forgave the Democrats for being right about Vietnam"

Paul Begala, Journalist

"Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather devoted to it"

John McCarthy, Politician

"I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in the top of the cockpit as I tried to leave my Spitfire"

Douglas Bader, Soldier

"As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to Europe to heal the wounds between the United States and its former allies, on his own terms, of course"

Andrew Greeley, Clergyman

"We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk, looking for enemy aircraft, which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion"

Douglas Bader, Soldier

"However, the resources at our people's disposal are very few and we require assistance from the neighboring Arab countries, and for weapons in order to fight the enemy"

Ahmed Yassin, Activist

"Gaza has 1.2 million Palestinians living in crowded places and the resistance will be strong"

Ahmed Yassin, Activist

"The so-called peace path is not peace, and it is not a substitute for jihad and resistance"

Ahmed Yassin, Activist

"Since Israel does not differentiate between attacking this group or that, we are saying our people can work individually or collectively to face this aggression"

Ahmed Yassin, Activist

"Days will prove that the assassination policy will not finish the Hamas. Hamas leaders wish to be martyrs and are not scared of death. Jihad will continue and the resistance will continue until we have victory, or we will be martyrs"

Ahmed Yassin, Activist

"It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this"

Alexander Herzen, Journalist

"We wish that all countries around the world honor our wishes and our Jihad, and we avoid interfering in their business"

Ahmed Yassin, Activist

"Our strategy is to defend ourselves against an occupying army and against settlers and settlements"

Ahmed Yassin, Activist

"I think Israel will think one thousands times before invading Gaza"

Ahmed Yassin, Activist

"But if Sharon wants to occupy Gaza, let him come. Israel will pay the price"

Ahmed Yassin, Activist

"We did not fight the Americans or the Europeans. We fight only the Israeli enemy that took our homes and homeland"

Ahmed Yassin, Activist

"The Hamas has taken the path of avoiding causing harm to Zionist interests outside of Palestine, not from weakness or lack of ability to do so, but because Hamas does not wish for further fronts to be opened against it around the world"

Ahmed Yassin, Activist

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