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“Who do you want to be: the spergs and savages who started wars and rubbed blood on their faces; or the reasonable gentlemen who allow the best ideas to win?”
Lauren Southern (born 1995) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Polls show that on the major issues of our time — the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, Wall Street bailouts and health insurance — the opinion of We the People has been ignored on a national level for quite some time”
Bruce E. Levine (born 1956) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Myth of U.S. Democracy and the Reality of U.S. Corporatocracy, Huffington Post (25 May 2011)
“By the way, the leader of any country does likewise. In the West, there is a great excuse: 'We are spreading freedom and democracy around the world.' The United States uses it at all times, even in wars, waged in its own interest.”
Hannu Salama (born 1936) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I've spent most of the last few days looking at information to help me reimagine... a history... that digs into the stratum below the ones that carry wars or political affairs... many of the questions are new. ...they have to do with our interaction with our ecological landscape, with what we might call the "natural West," as both idea in the mind and as tangible rock, grass, and flesh...”
Dan Flores (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The media is the media and my perception for fandom has never been viewed as it being Geekish. They say or use this word Geekish, because they are not knowledgeable regarding fandom they only hear it from others who do not know either. I have met so many incredible people who are the total antithesis of being Geeky. I love all my fans and I view them like myself where their passion is Star Wars.”
Femi Taylor (born 1961) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: TW talks to the beautiful and super talented Femi Taylor, Oola from Return of the Jedi (October 28, 2013)
“Europe dominated the world, but it failed to dominate itself. For five hundred years Europe tore itself apart in civil wars.”
George Friedman (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates.”
Frank Chodorov (1887–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Most women fight wars on two fronts, one for whatever the putative topic is and one simply for the right to speak, to have ideas, to be acknowledged to be in possession of facts and truths, to have value, to be a human being. (p9)”
Rebecca Solnit (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Perhaps our reservoir of spiritual faith has run out.” “Perhaps it should have run out a long time ago,” I said sternly. “Superstition has taken a terrible toll on our species. Wars...pogroms...resistance to logic and science and medicine...not to mention gathering power in the hands of people like those who run the Pax.”
Dan Simmons (1948–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The reason the first three Star Wars movies were so terrific, and the second three sucked so bad, is actually very simple. The first three were about rebels, shooting guns and driving fast, and speaking with American accents. The second three were about politicians, discussing treaties and holding court, and speaking with British accents.”
Bill Whittle (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In total, communist (Marxist-Leninist) regimes murdered nearly 148 million people from 1917 to 1987. For a perspective on this incredible toll, note that all domestic and foreign wars during the twentieth century killed in combat around 41 million.”
Rudolph Rummel (1932–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Silent wars are fought on mental battlefields.”
Marcus Orelias (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Does he [A N Wilson] really believe that there is no nostalgia for the triumphant days of the Third Reich among that proud and valorous race, or that they have forgiven and forgotten that in two great wars the English-speaking people beat the hell out of them, humiliated them, conquered them?”
George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They don't have to fight wars! it mmight knock some sense into therir heads if they did!”
Douglas Reeman (1924–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wars were not made by young men, he thought, yet they had to fight them.”
Douglas Reeman (1924–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the context of north central Europe, there was no ground-breaking distinction between holy wars and crusades before the 1220s.”
Darius von Guttner Sporzynski (born 1971) first seen 1100 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Poland, Holy War, and the Piast Monarchy, 1100-1230 p. 217 (Turnhout , 2014)
“Polish participation in holy wars and crusades was motivated by the rationale provided by the Piast dynasty which justified it in terms of their dynastic interest. Piast involvement in the crusading movement cannot be explained by the call to crusade made by Pope Urban II in 1095 but rather as an evolutionary fragment of the development of the institution of crusade.”
Darius von Guttner Sporzynski (born 1971) first seen 1100 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Poland, Holy War, and the Piast Monarchy, 1100-1230 p. 217 (Turnhout , 2014)
“Human history is a record of struggles between those who save and those who spend, between producers and consumers. These struggles have sometimes assumed the character of civil wars. It is the case of one tribe wanting to appropriate the more fertile soil and wealth of another tribe, or else within the same tribe, the have-nots wanting to expropriate the haves.”
Jacques Bainville (1879–1936) first seen 1931 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Paraboles hyperboliques (1931), p. 95, quoted in William R. Keylor, Jacques Bainville and the Renaissance of Royalist History in Twentieth-Century France (1979), p. 182
“The balls-aching seriousness of life today comes from America and is terrible. In those days everybody was in plain clothes by lunchtime and then the officers and men would have a splendid time playing games or shooting – and we still won wars.”
Peter Hellings (1916–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Southby-Tailyour, Ewen (1998). Blondie – a Biography of Lieutenant–Colonel H. G. Hasler DSO OBE RM. Leo Cooper. p. 10.
“Maitreya is sending a clear message to the world's political leaders: no wars can now be won, and spending vast amounts of money on international arms programmes is a complete waste.”
Benjamin Creme (1922–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Stop saying "we can't afford" Homes for All, Green New Deal or Medicare for All. 'If we didn't spend trillions on endless wars and tax breaks for millionaires, we could afford to house our homeless, care for our seniors, and save our planet. We suffer from greed, not scarcity.”
Ilhan Omar (born 1982) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 7/29/2020 on Twitter
“From European entanglements, from Nazism, communism and their future wars, America must stand aloof. Keep America safe for Americans and the Stars and Stripes the defender of God.”
Charles Coughlin (1891–1979) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Detroit News (January 2, 1939)
“2023 was the hottest year ever recorded. Climate disasters, wars, oppression, and inequalities further intensified – killing and displacing countless people.”
Greta Thunberg (born 2003) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yet, the establishment news media is largely uninterested in listening to Gabbard attempt to persuade voters that the U.S. should quit waging wars to overthrow governments.”
Kevin Gosztola (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“FoxNews hates the #SyriaWithdrawal. So does #MSNBC and #CNN. So both parties, cable networks and weapons makers all agree. No wonder our wars never end.”
Medea Benjamin (born 1952) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter Post (26 Dec 2018)
“US wars wouldn’t be possible without a racist worldview. "If you want to bomb or invade a country filled with black or brown people, you have to first suggest they’re backward people in need of saving or savage people in need of killing.” @mehdirhasan”
Medea Benjamin (born 1952) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter (23 June 2020)
“U.S. proxy wars in Libya and Syria, which plunged both countries into chaos, revived Al Qaeda and spawned the Islamic State;”
Medea Benjamin (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Plans for far-reaching changes in the character of international society are an intellectual by-product of all great wars.”
Nicholas J. Spykman (1893–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Lest there be any confusion, the same country keeps surfacing as a central player in the lead-up to America’s regime-change wars, which now have included an illegal attack on Syria, the second such intervention in the past year. That nation is Israel.”
Philip Giraldi (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of the first facts we must face when we discuss the United Nations is that its members are in no sense united. The United Nations is not an instrument for preserving the peace of the world. It is an instrument for protecting a few powerful nations, chiefly Russia and Great Britain, in a dangerous racket that has led to almost all the wars in the last 150 years.”
John Thomas Flynn (1882–1964) first seen 1955 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Two Rackets of the UN,” The Freeman (March 1955)
“I watched the flickers, thought of modern times, and it came to me that we’ve never stopped fighting. When our wars ceased, a rearguard action began. We fought against deterioration of order; and lost as an old culture died and society went crazy at the funeral. Yammer got crowned King, with chatter its Queen.”
Jack Cady (1932–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We kind of look at it as the Henson Company's little Star Wars or Lord Of The Rings franchise. It truly has the ability to be explored in different geographical parts of that world, or different time periods of that world, and it's been so fun to expand the canon of The Dark Crystal. Now that we've got the ball rolling on that, it feels like that could continue indefinitely.”
Lisa Henson (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Public opinion polls show that Americans really do want to end these endless wars. But too many people in power—from mainstream media editorial writers to elected officials at every level, especially Democrats—ignore that reality, and end up focusing more on Trump’s fake words than on his real actions...”
Phyllis Bennis (born 1951) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'Trump Has Stolen the Anti-War Mantle. Here’s How to Get It Back, The Nation (November 2019)
“[It is a concern as to what Trump] will do to our economy and our national security, given his record of starting trade wars, undermining Nato, and emboldening tyrants like Putin.”
“I definitely surprise myself with how much of a warrior spirit I have sometimes, because I think that politically, socially, and culturally there are wars to be fought.”
Lupita Nyong'o (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“During the two civil wars of 1840 and 1845, he suffered greatly with his people. His brother, Fr Elisha, suggested he withdraw to a hermitage, but he replied: "Those who struggle for virtue in community life will have greater merit".”
Saint Nimatullah Kassab (1808–1858) first seen 1808 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vatican News Service, St Nimatullah Youssef Kassab Al-Hardini (1808-1858), (2004 May)
“We need to draw the right lessons from the recent global challenges, wars and crises.”
Sanna Marin (born 1985) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin says Europe 'too dependent' on technologies, energy from authoritarian states abc news (December 2, 2022).
“O people of the world unite, and pave the way to peace sublime, Divided you yourself invite disastrous wars, unrest and crime.”
Gopi Krishna (yogi) first seen 1952 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the Unseen, (1952)
“In my view, there are many exciting possibilities for cooperation between social and cultural anthropologists on the one hand, and scholars with a biological perspective on the other, but they are often lost in aggressive academic turf wars and a failure to engage seriously with each other’s points of view.”
Thomas Hylland Eriksen (1962–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our own history and that of other wealthy countries show that child poverty is anything but an unalterable reality. The record also shows that changing it requires mobilizing funds of the sort now being wasted on ventures like America’s multitrillion-dollar forever wars.”
Rajan Menon (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wars, segregation, everything that the entire world is going through, emotionally, mentally and physically, it’s in a sad state right now…There’s segregation going on in the States, and segregation going on in the UK. There’s segregation going on everywhere, it’s still the same.”
Dionne Warwick (born 1940) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the state of the world in 2020 in “Dionne Warwick on singing, psychics and the hell of segregation: 'We all bleed red blood'” in The Guardian (2020 Mar 23)
“We ourselves have a tradition of taking beatings, and then winning wars," said Bocker.”
John Wyndham (1903–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All around us, dreamers were dreaming up new ideas: Star Wars, The Clash, Apple. I was nearing thirty ... and wondered if I could do more.”
Paula Wallace first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Bee and the Acorn: A Memoir by Paula Susan Wallace (2016)
“In the midst of global crises such as pollution, wars, and famine, kindness may be too easily dismissed as a ‘soft’ issue, or a luxury to be addressed after the urgent problems are solved. But kindness is the greatest need in all those areas.”
Bo Lozoff (1947–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted 5 Simple Things You Can Do Today to Spread Kindness at Work, Aga Bajer, Thrive Global, (20 May 2019)
“But in the end, all wars are more or less the same. If you dig down through the layers of caramel corn and peanuts and choking, burning death, you’ll find the prize at the bottom and the prize is a question and the question is this: Which of us are people and which of us are meat?”
Catherynne M. Valente (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“MAGA did not vote for more weapons to Ukraine, MAGA voted for no more US involvement in foreign wars.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene (born 1974) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Maga stalwart Marjorie Taylor Greene criticizes Trump over Ukraine arms shipments The Guardian (July 2025)
“The United States will be forced to fight wars of policy during the balance of the century. This is inevitable, since the world is seething with disaffection and revolt, which, however justified and merited, plays into Communist hands, and swings the world balance ever their way.”
T. R. Fehrenbach (1925–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Kiowas... For a hundred years... they ruled an area... from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico... But by the time Mammedaty was born the Kiowas had been routed in the Indian wars, the great herds of buffalo had been destroyed, and the sun dance prohibited by law.”
N. Scott Momaday (1934–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Globalization and global integration are on the right track, but they are met with the rise of extreme nationalism, strategic competition and trade wars.”
Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944–2024) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vietnam's Communist Party leaders warn of challenges ahead" in ABC News (25 January 2021)
“Millions of Vietnamese died throughout years of resistance wars to protect the country, our independence and freedom. More than ever, we value peace, based on mutual respect for each others’ independence and sovereignty.”
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (born 1954) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vietnam’s history holds lessons for Trump and Kim ahead of summit, PM says" in CNN (26 February 2019)