#war

There was never a good war, or a bad peace. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#bad #good #never #peace

A key U.S. initiative in this trade war must be to develop reliable trading partners in the world. ↗

— Jo Ann Emerson

#initiative #key #must #partners #reliable

Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation; he is planning to steal your walking stick or water your stock. ↗

— William Emerson

#conversation #engage #idle #man #planning

I have crushed the cup of youth like a rose between my fingers but its nectar never warmed my weary heart. ↗

— Jon English

#crushed #cup #fingers #heart #i

We have all examined our past critically and are very much aware of even the unpleasant things. Now, we need to look at what we plan to do with the lessons we have learned from the past. ↗

— Heinz Fischer

#critically #even #examined #learned #lessons

Before the war is ended, the war party assumes the divine right to denounce and silence all opposition to war as unpatriotic and cowardly. ↗

— Robert M. La Follette

#before #cowardly #denounce #divine #ended

As in the war of 1941-45, our victory and our survival depend on how and where we attack. ↗

— James Forrestal

#depend #how #our #survival #victory

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them. ↗

— John Fowles

#because #laughing #look #love #men

We are aware only of the empty space in the forest, which only yesterday was filled with trees. ↗

— Anna Freud

#empty #empty space #filled #forest #only

My mom enlisted in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and my parents actually bought our home thanks to the loan she got through the GI Bill. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#bill #bought #enlisted #got #home