our last best hope in an age where the
instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support.
Between these two, therefore, a league was struck, and those hands which had been the
instruments of war became now the mediators of peace.
It seemed but a part of the process that every year the
instruments of war were vaster and more powerful, and that armies and explosives outgrew all other growing things....
Formerly
instruments of war, in modern times swords and daggers are used in popular games, traditional displays, and on special occasions such as wedding ceremonies as a source of pride.
For example, the expanded mission of the Paris Conservatoire in its first decades--from supporting the war effort to maintaining "the taste for musical art in society"--overdetermined distinctions, not only between (wind and percussion)
instruments of war and (stringed) instruments of peace (Frederic de La Grandville, p.
It takes a long time to properly train soldiers, sailors and air personnel in techniques able to combat the latest
instruments of war that may be directed at us.
Instruments of war will be made implements for food to satisfy those who are hungry.
Take for example, Sun Tzu's opinion on the result of engaging in battle against a walled city: "The preparation of (bases), moveable shelters, and various
instruments of war, will take up three whole months, and the piling up of mounds over against the walls will take three months more.
She said it is a time to recognize that youths are not merely
instruments of war making, but essential peace-building partners.
As the search is intensified for the lost schoolgirls, it is time to send a message that schools must never become
instruments of war. There must be no hiding place or sleep for terrorists threatening the lives of young children.
More than 100 down, thousands more to go But give it time, it's only been just a few weeks since Duterte wielded the
instruments of war against drugs.