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Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about wealth

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men....

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

Quote by George S. Patton about war, man, victory, spirit

Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they...

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

Quote by Papa John Paul II about problems

I'm sure it is, I'm not for any kind of war, we've been engaged in several wars since the second world war and we lost in Korea, we lost in Vietnam, they are political wars, they have nothing to do with any real threat, nor does this one.

Quote by Larry Hagman about war, real estate, nothing, world

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

Quote by Francois de Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon about war, man

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about war, purpose, peace

Latinos have fought in all of America's wars, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Many Latinos are fighting and dying for our country today in Iraq, just as several of their ancestors fought for freedom in Mexico over a century ago.

Quote by Joe Baca about ancestors, beginning, country, war

The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.

Quote by Joseph Addison about immortality, celebrity, stars, youth, sun, age, olderness, nature

When the war of the giants is over the wars of the...

When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.

Quote by Winston Churchill about war

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without...

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about revenge, war

What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars.

What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars.

Quote by Mikhail Gorbachev about celebrity, peace, need

I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert...

I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert - that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil.

Quote by Dustin Hoffman about bad, war, money, power

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.

Quote by George Andrew Olah about education, children, country, world

Unless everyone grasps the importance of having only two...

Unless everyone grasps the importance of having only two children per couple, wars won't be over just oil anymore, they will be over water and food.

Quote by Alexandra Paul about couple, food, water, children

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.

Quote by Ron Paul about moral, liberty, world, people

The 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.

Quote by Ron Paul about liberty, world, people

Each nation feels superior to other nations, that breeds...

Each nation feels superior to other nations, that breeds patriotism and wars.

Quote by Dale Carnegie about nation, patriotism

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from...

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.

Quote by Guy de Maupassant about homeland, patriotism, religion

I hate those men who would send into war youth to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those old men, making their wars that boys must die.

Quote by Mary Roberts Rinehart about war, cowardice, proudness, man, youth, hate, fight, old, olderness

Nothing to understand: you open the book passing your soul over its old parchment a pale light starts suddenly flowing a poisoned spear falls down bloody wars corpses ever more deeply slashed in ever greater numbers until they are...

Quote by Otilia Nicolescu about poetry, numbers, nothing, light, soul, old, olderness, death, spirit, life

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