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Wartime Quotes

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles Picture Quote #1

There is no working middle course in wartime Picture Quote #1

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later Picture Quote #1

Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime Picture Quote #1

All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments Picture Quote #1

In wartime we provide truth with a bodyguard of lies because it is so precious Picture Quote #1

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The Constitution has not greatly bothered any wartime President Picture Quote #1

Wartime always brings expansions of state power, together with erosions of moral and constitutional standards Picture Quote #1

In wartime, the degree of patriotism is directly proportional to distance from the front Picture Quote #1

The murder of a man is still murder, even in wartime Picture Quote #1

That soldiers do terrible things during wartime should not surprise us Picture Quote #1

Presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it Picture Quote #1

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Getting emotional about things is a peacetime luxury. In wartime, it’s much too painful Picture Quote #1

Maybe this was how you stayed sane in wartime: a handful of noble deeds amid the chaos Picture Quote #1

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime - generation woman, hadn’t gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty Picture Quote #1

A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous acts of duplicity that even his natural hair must grow to resemble a wig Picture Quote #1

I grew up listening in awe to stories of their wartime adventures. My granny, Joan, was a journalist and wrote amazing letters to my grandpa when he was a prisoner of war, while my nana, Mary, was a Land Girl, then a Wren. They were so independent, resilient and glamorous Picture Quote #1

To invent a war means that you’ve become a wartime president, and you can suspend much if not all of the Bill of Rights Picture Quote #1

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The modern Middle East was largely created by the British. It was they who carried the Allied war effort in the region during World War I and who, at its close, principally fashioned its peace. It was a peace presaged by the nickname given the region by covetous British leaders in wartime: ‘The Great Loot.’ Picture Quote #1

One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set... the comfortable day-to-day life, school, the home where one lives and all the rest of it... could be dismantled overnight Picture Quote #1

Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling one’s pulse and taking one’s temperature Picture Quote #1

The advent of AIDS circa 1980 has really forced medicine and biology to take enormous steps just for sheer survival. The same way war propels hard technology, AIDS has created wartime conditions in the field of biology that will have all sorts of spin-offs Picture Quote #1

Koizumi was not rooted in Japan’s rightwing nationalist tradition: he was a pragmatist and a populist. Abe, in contrast, is a rightwing nationalist. Unlike Koizumi, for example, he has questioned the validity of the postwar Tokyo trials of Japan’s wartime leaders, which found many of them guilty of war crimes Picture Quote #1

Getting emotional about things is a peacetime luxury. In wartime, it’s much too painful Picture Quote #1

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Walter Cronkite had a golden rule for all wartime reporters: never self-aggrandize Picture Quote #1

... It is time for blacks to begin the shift from a wartime to a peacetime identity, from fighting for opportunity to the seizing of it Picture Quote #1

To have a son in wartime is the worst curse that can befall a mother, no matter what anyone says Picture Quote #1

... his wartime experience had taught him to trust his instincts, even though he’d never been sure where they’d come from Picture Quote #1

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools Picture Quote #1

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime Picture Quote #1

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If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles (Wartime Quotes) There is no working middle course in wartime (Wartime Quotes) Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later (Wartime Quotes) Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime (Wartime Quotes) All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments (Wartime Quotes) In wartime we provide truth with a bodyguard of lies because it is so precious (Wartime Quotes) The Constitution has not greatly bothered any wartime President (Wartime Quotes) Wartime always brings expansions of state power, together with erosions of moral and constitutional standards (Wartime Quotes) In wartime, the degree of patriotism is directly proportional to distance from the front (Wartime Quotes) The murder of a man is still murder, even in wartime (Wartime Quotes) That soldiers do terrible things during wartime should not surprise us (Wartime Quotes) Presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it (Wartime Quotes) Getting emotional about things is a peacetime luxury. In wartime, it’s much too painful (Wartime Quotes) Maybe this was how you stayed sane in wartime: a handful of noble deeds amid the chaos (Wartime Quotes) My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime - generation woman, hadn’t gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty (Wartime Quotes) A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous acts of duplicity that even his natural hair must grow to resemble a wig (Wartime Quotes) I grew up listening in awe to stories of their wartime adventures. My granny, Joan, was a journalist and wrote amazing letters to my grandpa when he was a prisoner of war, while my nana, Mary, was a Land Girl, then a Wren. They were so independent, resilient and glamorous. (Wartime Quotes) To invent a war means that you’ve become a wartime president, and you can suspend much if not all of the Bill of Rights. (Wartime Quotes) The modern Middle East was largely created by the British. It was they who carried the Allied war effort in the region during World War I and who, at its close, principally fashioned its peace. It was a peace presaged by the nickname given the region by covetous British leaders in wartime: ‘The Great Loot.’ (Wartime Quotes) One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set... the comfortable day-to-day life, school, the home where one lives and all the rest of it... could be dismantled overnight. (Wartime Quotes) Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling one’s pulse and taking one’s temperature. (Wartime Quotes) The advent of AIDS circa 1980 has really forced medicine and biology to take enormous steps just for sheer survival. The same way war propels hard technology, AIDS has created wartime conditions in the field of biology that will have all sorts of spin-offs. (Wartime Quotes) Koizumi was not rooted in Japan’s rightwing nationalist tradition: he was a pragmatist and a populist. Abe, in contrast, is a rightwing nationalist. Unlike Koizumi, for example, he has questioned the validity of the postwar Tokyo trials of Japan’s wartime leaders, which found many of them guilty of war crimes. (Wartime Quotes) Getting emotional about things is a peacetime luxury. In wartime, it’s much too painful. (Wartime Quotes) Walter Cronkite had a golden rule for all wartime reporters: never self-aggrandize (Wartime Quotes) ... It is time for blacks to begin the shift from a wartime to a peacetime identity, from fighting for opportunity to the seizing of it (Wartime Quotes) To have a son in wartime is the worst curse that can befall a mother, no matter what anyone says (Wartime Quotes) ... his wartime experience had taught him to trust his instincts, even though he’d never been sure where they’d come from (Wartime Quotes) The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools (Wartime Quotes) Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime (Wartime Quotes)

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