#armies

The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between them. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

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Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#come #else #idea #nothing #powerful

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#come #greater #idea #mighty #than

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#armies #behave #being #chooses #dirty

Armies are not only for offensives. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#only

The majority of soldiers and officers of the Soviet Army and the allied armies treated the local population humanely. ↗

— Antony Beevor

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The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual life in the region given up to the war. Where the armies camped the destruction was absolute. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#armies #camped #destruction #entered #every

National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane. ↗

— J. F. C. Fuller

#armies #demented #fight #first #generally

Growing up, others girls wanted to dance and help their mums with the cooking. I liked to play soccer with the boys. Or I'd be off on my own, tilting mirrors towards the sun in order to burn armies of ants. That was my idea of fun. ↗

— Ali Larter

#armies #burn #cooking #dance #fun