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Nowadays, of course, just about our only solvent industry is the merchandising of death, bankrolled by our grandchildren.

Cheerily to sea; the signs of war advance: No king of England, if not king of France

I've gone to war zones before and never got shot.

[Charles] Manson wanted to start a race war. Nobody said he was leading some sort of charge about white supremacy.

The two-war strategy is just a marketing device to justify a high [military] budget.

So many nurses had turned into emotionally disturbed handmaidens of the war, in their yellow-and-crimson uniforms with bone buttons.

The president can't tell you what we got. I'll tell you what the world got. The world has a burgeoning nuclear power that didn't, as the Soviets, say "we might defend ourselves in a war."

I was a total sci-fi geek. Star Wars was my ultimate favorite.

For me to speak out against the war in Iraq, you know - most of my fans are lefties anyway, so I don't really get much flack for it.

Saddam is a war criminal and there are no two people who can argue over this.

If you want an expert on war, you get a retired general. I'm not exactly a general, but I am retired.

I value peace, and I should unwillingly see any event take place which would render war a necessary resource.

The peace movement didn't stop the Iraq but I think that Blair would not be able to go along and support an Iranian war.

I'm a foot soldier in the war on Christmas. And the war on puppies and sunshine.

My curse on plays That have to be set up in fifty ways, On the day's war with every knave and dolt, Theater business, management of men.

that your power of commandwith simple language wasone of the magnificent things ofour century.(from the poem: result)

Panic bells, it's red alertThere's something hereFrom somewhere elseThe war machine springs to lifeOpens up one eager eyeFocusing it on the skyWhere 99 red balloons go by

[I]n my own case at least I feel my professional need for freedom of speech and expression prejudices me toward a government whose constitution guarantees it.

My loves have always been seared with this singing, this singing written by death, the way some lands have always been crippled by war.

Many call it the 1000 yard stare and can't realize the pain when PTSD takes us there

I will not live in a city where dead bodies lie abandoned in the streets, and you will not tell the world I do.

I may have not done History in high school but War cannot be ended by endless talks, only Cold War.

My book "Bamboo Walls" is forever because the Djojobojo Prophecy is timeless!

By portraying war as an opportunity for virtuous acts, the politicians romanticize evil.