#war

War is not civilized. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#war

We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#affairs #aware #destroying #doing #foreign

By fighting a limited, defensive war, America permitted the enemy to endlessly re-supply their field armies. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#armies #defensive #endlessly #enemy #field

From its inception, South Vietnam was only considered to be an outpost in the war against communism. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#communism #considered #inception #only #south

If the war has faded into history, democracy's defeat in Vietnam has left deep marks in the consciousness of both nations. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#consciousness #deep #defeat #democracy #faded

We all know that in war the political and military factors have to complement each other. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#each #factors #know #military #other

My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#based #definition #destroy #discrimination #does

After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese army. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#army #father #founded #i #i do

I was a bit of a coward when I was small. I was terribly frightened of the dark. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#coward #dark #frightened #i #small

My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy and the people are at peace and the government has done something for them, that's the greatest reward I think any government could hope for. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#approval #could #done #get #government