It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. - Martin Luther King Jr
I had a very strong feeling about the Vietnam War, and I had a strong feeling about participating in it. The military draft was in place, I was summoned for a physical exam, and I was either going to be classified as fit for military service or make my objection to it. So I made my objection to it. - Harrison Ford
As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular. - Oscar Wilde
We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the positive affirmation of peace. - Martin Luther King Jr
The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows - Martin Luther King Jr
But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20. - Mel Gibson
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
There are wars being fought! Who cares what I'm doing on a Saturday night? I'm not even a celebrity. - Peter Dinklage
If you're going to write about war, which my books are about, wars are nasty things. I think it's sort of a cheap, easy way out to write a war story in which no one ultimately dies. - George R. R. Martin
If I was a soldier going to war, I'd be pretty scared the night before a battle. It's a scary thing. And I want my readers to feel that fear as they turn the page. - George R. R. Martin
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