'What war?' said the Prime Minister sharply. 'No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think I should have been told. I'll be damned,' he said defiantly, 'if they shall have a war without consulting me. What's a cabinet for, if there's not more mutual confidence than that? What do they want a war for anyway?'
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AVRIL LAVIGNE He said that picture is what got him though the war. DONNA SANDERS I want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even... TOM CRUISE Compared to, say, a prime minister of England, a president has actually astonishingly few legal powe... DAVID FRUM Looking back, I'm almost happy I lost that fight. Just imagine if I would have come back to Germany ... MAX SCHMELING Don't prepare for a war to stop a war. If you are in war and you say you have already prepared for i... EPHDAN No one starts a war warning that those involved will lose their innocence - that children will defin... ALEXANDRA FULLLER A monster, I think, remembering what Ben told me once. War makes Monsters of Men. PATRICK NESS Gen. Tommy Franks told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were ... BOB GRAHAM Looking back, I'm almost happy I lost that fight. Just imagine if I would have come back to Germ... MAX SCHMELING If something is said about the Raiders, I'm ready to go to war. JIM OTTO They don't believe this is a war for oil, and I think the American people have woken up. They know t... HOWARD STARK Edgar asked me, 'Do you know anything about John Lennon,' ... I said, 'I know everything about John ... DON SCARDINO The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of per... MIKE LEE If people only realized what a war goes on in a child’s mind and heart in a situation of this kind... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT They didn't have to say a word. I knew what it was. But they said it anyway, because they have to. T... BETTY VEZINA If our most highly qualified General Staff officers had been told to work out the most nonsensical h... CLAUS VON STAUFFENBERG They said this mystery never shall cease: the priest promotes war, and the soldier peace WILLIAM BLAKE I've had family in the war (who) would never tell me about the accounts, what it's like, what it fel... JIM CAVIEZEL If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would still s... LOUIS LECOIN When I was doing "8mm", my agents called me and said, "There's this hot script by Larry Cohen, and t... JOEL SCHUMACHER In a war, whoever wins does not necessarily shows or even proves, that they were right. whoever wins... C. LIDE SANGTAM (The war) didn't really have an effect. Thinking a lot about the fact that we are at war did not det... OWEN DAVIS I don't want the F-B-I to forget what a primary change of direction for them has been since Nine-Ele... CHUCK GRASSLEY Why do you object to war? Surely not, because men, who eventually die anyway, are killed in war? St AUGUSTINE HIPPO Why do you object to war? Surely not, because men, who eventually die anyway, are killed in war? St AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Why do you object to war? Surely not, because men, who eventually die anyway, are killed in war? St AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO A man is what he has passion about,” Breeze said. “I’ve found that if you give up what ... BRANDON SANDERSON I should like to know who has been carried off, except poor dear me -- I have been more ravished mys... LORD (GEORGE GORDON) BYRON Some wars," he said dismissively. "What am I at war with? My cancer. And what is my cancer? My cance... JOHN GREEN (Clemenceau) once said that war is too important to be left to the generals. When he said that, 50 y... , COMMANDER OF BURPLESON AFB TO GROUP CAPT. MANDRAKE (PETER SELLERS) IN DR. STRANGELOVE You never kill anyone you want to kill in a war, he said to himself. ERNEST HEMINGWAY If it were not for the war, this war would suit me down to the ground. DOROTHY L. SAYERS I think the Peace Corps is a fine thing, don't you?" he said. "Well," I replied, "it's certainl... ERICH SEGAL No prime minister in Britain will ever be able to go to war without the endorsement of a majority of... NEIL KINNOCK No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be fea... DOUGLAS HURD I think about my education sometimes. I went to the University of Chicago for awhile after the Secon... KURT VONNEGUT Gen. Mattis is a warrior. What I appreciate about Gen. Mattis is he understands the principle that i... RYAN ZINKE If you don't have a loved one or know somebody who's been killed or wounded, it's really easy to go ... ANNE ROESLER There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, cou... ERNEST BEVIN There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, cou... ERNEST BEVIN We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative. GOLDA MEIR I really do think that if for one week in the U.S. we saw the true face of war, we saw people's limb... AMY GOODMAN I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed there would be no... ABBIE HOFFMAN Abby Hoffman said we should all eat what we kill. That would put an end to war. LOUISE PENNY If you have form'd a circle to go into, Go into it yourself, and see how you would do. The... WILLIAM BLAKE Reasons... questions... what they have in common? - All get finded in the hard way. DEYTH BANGER I don't think there's any doubt that we're going in, ... And I don't think there's any doubt over th... RAYMOND JAMES I don't think there's any doubt that we're going in. And I don't think there's any doubt over the ev... JEFF SAUT Me and my father went through a war period where we wasn't talking. He wanted me to go to theology s... WYCLEF JEAN Shit!" I shouted at him. "Now listen, my friend. The youth have no role. They have no jobs. They hav... F. SIONIL JOSé I feel a great war is coming our way, one that no one would be prepare for. I remember as a kid read... ROSA M. BETANCES During the Vietnam War, any young men -- including the current president, the vice president and me ... BILL CLINTON Every good war film, if you want to use that phrase - I don't think it's a good phrase, but ... MICHAEL CIMINO I shall create a world without Pain. For Peace i shall start a War. For living I shall start Killing... SANDEEP PRADHAN You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS I don't know why in the world they got Vietnam and Korean war memorials up, and they didn't have any... EILEEN MEADORS It could be worse,' Passini said respectfully. "There is nothing worse than war." Defeat is wo... ERNEST HEMINGWAY If a war has to happen, a war has to happen. DAR WILLIAMS And if God ever calls me to a holy war, I want Joe fighting beside me. MUHAMMAD ALI I actually love history. I've devoured book after book of stories from World War I and World War... CELINE BUCKENS They say I should stay away from you,” I said. “They said you’re not good for me.” �... KASSANDRA CROSS There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes ... MARIANNE MOORE I said 'no,' because I didn't want to expose myself in that way. But I said, 'But I will do this cha... HELEN FIELDING The government cannot do business with a man who said such a horrible thing about our ill prime mini... IDO HARTUV I'm done doing this!' Obama said, finally erupting. 'We've all agreed on a plan. And we're all going... BOB WOODWARD I consider Bush's decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevatin... JURGEN HABERMAS What our trainer said is that he thinks if she sits out for a few days, she'll be good to go. I thin... THERESA ADAMS I talked to a few of them. They didn't want to get involved and try to sway my decision. What they'v... LARRY ROTHSCHILD Alek said, "Do you think I'm being a fool?" "I think you're trying to do something good.... SCOTT WESTERFELD Soldiers are the truly responsables for war,if they dont fight,its not gonna be the mans with a suit... RAJA If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent an... ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi... RICK RIORDAN I think I provided a way to boost everybody's confidence about the war, JESSICA LYNCH Our prime minister could embrace and forgive the people who killed our beloved sons and fathers, and... PETER CAREY If I had a nickel for every time I said "Why me?" I'd have probably said "Why me?" more often. TOM WILSON Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things tha... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Fuck the drug war. 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