#wars

Barack Obama's life was so much simpler in 2009. Back then, he had refined the cold act of blaming others for the bad economy into an art form. Deficits? Blame Bush's tax cuts. Spending? Blame the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. No business investment? Blame Wall Street. ↗

— John Sununu

#afghanistan #art #art form #back #bad

In this cry of pain the inner consciousness of the people seems to lay itself bare for an instant, and to reveal the mood of beings who feel their isolation in the face of a universe that wars on them with winds and seas. ↗

— John Millington Synge

#beings #consciousness #cry #face #feel

How vivid is the suffering of the few when the people are few and how the suffering of nameless millions in two world wars is blurred over by numbers. ↗

— Edwin Way Teale

#few #how #millions #nameless #numbers

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace. ↗

— U Thant

#built #compassion #defenses #love #men

Al Qaeda is alive and well in Libya, Iraq, Syria and the wars are not receding. ↗

— Lindsey Graham

#alive #iraq #libya #qaeda #receding

When American presidents prepare for foreign wars, they lie. ↗

— Robert Higgs

#foreign #lie #prepare #presidents #wars

Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#ethnic #help #immigrants #more #our

I grew up watching 'Braveheart' and 'Gladiator.' Those are my 'Star Wars.' They have values and traits about them that I wish I had. ↗

— Channing Tatum

#gladiator #grew #had #i #i wish

Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#challenged #cherished #concern #deep #determination

At the last Celebration I spoke before an auditorium full of people and I could just feel the affection and the positive feelings that they were exuding. It was actually moving. I remember thinking, 'I'm not worthy,' because 'Star Wars' is so much bigger than all of us. ↗

— Mark Hamill

#affection #auditorium #because #before #bigger