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It was as much a battle of wits and words as it was of mitts and swords. — Dean F. Wilson

In a war, you wield every weapon you have, including words. Especially words. — Fonda Lee

APPENDIX SOME WORDS ABOUT WAR AND PEACE (Published in Russian Archive, 1868) — Leo Tolstoy

The war began with words, but none of us paid any attention.'
- Seka Milanovik — Chris Hedges

I would go to war with words, not weapons. I would die talking before I lifted a weapon. — Mandy Patinkin

Victory!? There is no victory in war! War takes everything and gives nothing! I only wish my words were as destructive as you would have me believe! — Lindsay Buroker

We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods. — Virginia Woolf

The words, gestures, and threats of our officers were thrown away upon men who had lost all presence of mind and only longed for absence of body. — Andrew Potter

Twenty-five or thirty words are supposed to be enough in a news bullet to explain either a war or an unusual set of Christmas lights. — Octavia E. Butler

My attitude toward peace does not depend on which war we are discussing. I think that words should do the work of bombs. — Margaret Cho

If his medium had been words instead of war, he would have been a poet. — Ruth Ozeki

Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter. — Joe Abercrombie

She looks like she's holding in a dictionary of bad words or a nuclear war. — Jandy Nelson

Putting aside all the fancy words and academic doubletalk, the basic reason for having a military is to do two jobs -to kill people and to destroy. — Thomas S. Power

I didn't know how to say goodbye. Words were stupid. They said so little. Yet they opened up holes you could fall into and never climb out of again. — Ann Rinaldi

The Devil fights from behind barricades of linguistic complexity, but the war of words will be won by those armed only with simplistic truths — Dean Cavanagh

When words fail, wars begin. When wars finally end, we settle our disputes with words. — Wilfred Funk

During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, Remember men, you are Portuguese! — Duke Of Wellington

Nothing about these times makes any sense. Nothing. Putting it to words only makes it sound too simple. — Ralph Webster

No matter how long you behest, to the fruit draped tree.
It will do you no best, until a shingle you free. — Shahzad Ashraf

That's not a bad word ... hate and war are bad words, but fuck isn't. — Judy Blume

Lives should never be down to mere words, but I suppose they always are. Whether declarations of war, law, or treaty ... words ever determine lives. — Leanna Renee Hieber

How do you say 'We come in peace' when the very words are an act of war? — Peter Watts

The history of the failure of war can almost be summed up in two words: too late. — Douglas MacArthur

Words of war, on a piece of paper. Where peace is torn off, crumbled and toss in the waste basket. — Anthony Liccione

Tell the hag we're here for war. Not words. — Pierce Brown

War of words. We are influenced by the western media. But is what we hear the truth or just PR campaigns for governments? — Anne-Rae Vasquez

The words 'I Love You' kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second. — Aberjhani

Bolt actions speak louder than words. — Craig Roberts

My job is to put words together and tell a story. If that doesn't work for you, it's not a war crime. — Alan Zweibel

Of course he was afraid of war. Only fools are not. Anaxantis was no fool. He was fully prepared to fight, but only as a last resort. — Andrew Ashling

In other words, perhaps it is time to admit that the War on Terror is not just a stupid war. It is a war designed to make us stupid. How — Moustafa Bayoumi

War is always a contest of words as well as of wounds. — Samuel Moyn

The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds. — Teck Foo Check

Winning the war of words involves choosing our words carefully. It is not just about the words we say, but also about the words we choose not to say. — Paul David Tripp

It's important to listen to the words of the enemy if you're in war. — George W. Bush

May I ask what role you envision for the Jedi in this war
Two words Skywalker. None whatsoever.

Luke Rodan — Walter Jon Williams

The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council. — Homer

they were forbidden words, laced with the fear of transgression and sin. — Michelle Frost

Propaganda - a war of words. Diplomacy - words of peace. — Ted Agon

You can't hammer in a nail with words ... "
"No, but you can start a war with them. — Ben Galley

Those are the two best words in English, 'Bidding' and 'war'. — Evan Daugherty

Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money they had set aside for other purposes to buy war bonds. — Kate Smith

All you could do was hope for silence, for still air. — Peter Akinti

When two warring people face each other, the war of words jumps beyond the subject. The subject remains no more central to the arguments. — Girdhar Joshi

Those fateful words We are now at war with Germany, and for several hours felt strangely numb. She tried to phone Pamela — Kate Atkinson

"War gives men a plain-and-simple something to do ... Women write diaries in the hope that their words will beckon fate." It's a romantic manifesto. — James Ellroy

Fortunately, war in Latin America is usually waged only with words. The tongue is our most dangerous weapon. We talk too much! — Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva

In today's world hunger for sanity seems to be more intense than our hunger for food. — Munia Khan

Our people... blood is the only language we speak. I'm all out of words. — Kurtis J. Wiebe

If human beings weren't 'dumbable' enough to be made soldiers, war would be nothing but an exchange of swear words between a handful of individuals. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

In spite of his Cold War credentials, Kennedy still believed in the power of words. — Stephen L. Carter

War?' The word held too much definition for three letters. — Shannon A. Thompson

Art is the war against what we do not choose to feel. It's the battle of color, words, sound, and shape, and it rages for or against love. — Tarryn Fisher

If I had a Volkswagon Beetle. I'd paint the front to resemble Glenn Langdon in War Of The Colossal Beast. Why? Two words: The Ladies. — Dana Gould

Gortrek gave him a look. 'Never get into a war of words with a poet, Ironbreaker. You can't win. — Nathan Long

Osama bin Laden's own words stated he has a war against the United States. He declared that American civilians should be considered as combatants. — Cofer Black

Every sword that was dripping the blood became a pen. Every word that was written in it became a poetry. — Akshay Vasu

Melt all the tanks in the world and make them rubbish bins. They will be much more useful for the humanity! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

This was the Athenians' war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left. — Livy

The man who fears war and squats opposing
My words for stour, hath no blood of crimson
But is fit only to rot in womanish peace — Ezra Pound

Winning the war of words inside your soul means learning to defy your inner critic. — Steven Furtick

Then he remembered Ralph's words
no point in fighting your war over and over until you get it right. — M.L. Stedman

Let the enemy fall by their swords. Words not worth reading die their own death. But our Words will be Told! — K.A. Gunn

Vietnam is often called our only uncensored war, but that only means that the government wasn't vetting the pictures and words. — Bruce Jackson

We ought to compliment and not to compete with one another. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Bombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, mines, gas, tanks, machine-guns, hand-grenades - words, words, but they hold the horror of the world. — Erich Maria Remarque

War is big and there are only so many reporters and only so many places for their words and images to appear. Choices are made constantly. — Bruce Jackson

Much blood has been spilled over words, and a great deal of it over the word 'God.' (125) — Jean-Yves Leloup

Words are the wellspring of the world, and language is the most powerful weapon in the ancient and still unfolding war between truth and lies. — Dean Koontz