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In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.
In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before read more
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. •Otto Von Bismarck Peace with a club in hand is war. •Portuguese Proverb The sinews of war are five - men, money, materials, maintenance (food) and morale. •Bernard Mannes Baruch The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow. •Chinese Proverb Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.
From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.
From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.
All's fair in love and war.
All's fair in love and war.
She is a wall of brass;
You shall not pass! You shall not pass!
Spring up like read more
She is a wall of brass;
You shall not pass! You shall not pass!
Spring up like Summer grass,
Surge at her, mass on mass,
Still shall you break like glass,
Splinter and break like shivered glass,
But pass?
You shall not pass!
I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it read more
I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic read more
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
