Subject: Conflict (Page 9)

There is no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say: Victory was achieved by the United States of America for the good of the world.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Starting a war in the name of peace is like poking a hole in a balloon to get more air into it.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

I will personally challenge anyone who wants to get rid of fighting to a fight.

American-Canadian hockey executive

I can’t listen to that much Wagner… I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

God invented football so grown men would have something to do between wars.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter

I don't want to get so famous to where the guy who shoots me becomes famous.

(1964 – ) American stand-up comedian

If hockey fights were fake, I'd be in more of them.

professional hockey player

Last week North Korea publicly admitted for the first time it has nuclear weapons; the Bush administration has so far shown very little concern, as the North Korean missiles are believed only capable of reaching the Blue States.

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

A crowded police docket is the surest of all signs that trade is brisk and money plenty.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

An Iranian moderate is one that has run out of ammunition.

(1923 – ) German-born diplomat & scholar

We know how much fans enjoy a good brawl, so we are going to guarantee a fight. If there is not a single five-minute fighting major given to a player, every fan in attendance will receive a free ticket to the following home game.

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won’t cross the street to vote in a national election.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

Here’s how easy it was to get away with bank robbery back in the ‘30s… as long as you weren’t still there when the police arrived, you had a 99% change of getting away with it.

(1982 – ) American comedian, actor, writer & producer

In New York every rainbow has an empty pot of gold at the end with a chalk outline of a dead leprechaun.

American radio and television personality, comedian & speaker

Black folk ain't going to kill over and over and over again; that's too much like work; that's a career.

(1963 – ) American comedian

He was young – He was fair – But the Injuns – Raised his hair

Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.

(1932 – ) American businessman & U.S. Secretary of Defense

I was once arrested for resisting arrest.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Thieves respect property; they merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

Diplomats tell lies to journalists, and they believe what they read.

(1874 – 1936) Austrian writer & journalist

I’m really a timid person – I was beaten up by Quakers.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian