#wars

Several hard-core Star Wars fans who had tickets for the first showing actually said that when the movie finally began, they started crying. Mainly because they realized that it's 22 years later, and they still haven't lost their virginity. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#because #began #crying #fans #finally

I grew up between the two world wars and received a rather solid general education, the kind middle class children enjoyed in a country whose educational system had its roots dating back to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. ↗

— George Andrew Olah

#between #children #class #country #dating

Wars have always started over religion. ↗

— Glenn Danzig

#over #religion #started #wars

Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#futile #generally #problems #prove #resolve

The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people. ↗

— Ron Paul

#bringing #constitutional #economic #liberty #moral

My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#certainly #dad #flying #inspiration #now

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up. ↗

— Daniel Pipes

#diplomacy #does #due #end #general

History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen. ↗

— Enoch Powell

#happen #history #knew #littered #never

It's a different outlook, and one that I understand. When you are a former member of the Warsaw Pact, when you have lived behind the Berlin Wall, when you have experienced the communist systems that existed in these countries, for them, the West represents hope. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#berlin #berlin wall #communist #countries #different

All wars are planned by old men in council rooms apart. ↗

— Grantland Rice

#council #men #old #old men #planned