#wars

We were sweet, lovely people who wanted to throw out all the staid institutions who placed money and wars above all else. When you're young you think that's how life works. ↗

— Margot Kidder

#else #how #institutions #life #lovely

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#am #could #i #i am #meet

Looking back, I think we were all quite mature, surprisingly responsible. In earlier wars, boys of our age had just gone off to raise hell or enlist or both, but we stayed dutifully at our desks doing tomorrow's homework. ↗

— John Knowles

#back #both #desks #doing #earlier

Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving for power that are in the heart of almost everyone. Until the source is cleared, there will always be confusion and hate, wars and class antagonisms. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#always #attitude #class #cleared #confusion

It goes without saying that when survival is threatened, struggles erupt between peoples, and unfortunate wars between nations result. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#erupt #goes #nations #result #saying

I'm a Star Wars fanatic. ↗

— Matthew Vaughn

#i #star #star wars #wars

I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars. ↗

— Johnny Weissmuller

#among #athletic #been #believed #competition

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#military #politicians #start #wars

Most wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian endeavors to help people. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#endeavors #help #help people #humanitarian #most

But change proves that you are still alive. Change often measures our tolerance for folk different from ourselves. Can we accept their languages, their customs, their garments, and their foods into our own lives? If we can, then we form bonds, bonds that make wars less likely. If we cannot, if we believe that we must do things as we have always done them, then we must either fight to remain as we are, or die ↗

— Robin Hobb

#difference #wars #change