#wars

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

After 9/11, we realized that all these silly culture wars, and arguing about rock lyrics... who cares? You know, we, for some reason, remembered what our real problems are. ↗

— Frank Rich

#after #arguing #cares #culture #know

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#deficits #discovered #forget #future #i

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#between #brutal #differences #end #governments

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#better #certain #certain kinds #course #far

For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political life, or to an account of wars and great generals. ↗

— Michael Rostovtzeff

#confined #crises #generals #great #historical

I think national pride leads to nothing but wars and hates. ↗

— Johnny Rotten

#i #i think #leads #national #nothing

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars. ↗

— Anwar Sadat

#more #much #peace #piece #precious