War and Peace
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tiny.ag/ldizacqu · submitted 1997
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Salvor Hardin), in War and Peace and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/5mrm7cdg · submitted 1997
It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies.
Edith Hamilton, The Greek Way, in Life and Death and War and Peace
tiny.ag/hfj4loeb · submitted 1998
The pen may be stronger than the sword... but I'd rather have a sword in a dark alley.
tiny.ag/is5ffzu6 · submitted 1997
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
tiny.ag/rh5oemag · submitted 1997
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
Sun Tzu, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/rb8m34k9 · submitted 1999
All warfare is based on deception.
Sun Tzu, The Art Of War, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/4vs8cciz · submitted 1997
Remember, to them it is us who are the enemy.
tiny.ag/qk0rnn17 · submitted 1997
When the rich make war it's the poor that die.
tiny.ag/snhswbdj · submitted 1997
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
tiny.ag/hdyoy0ri · submitted 1999 by Chris Daniels
I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded... I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed... I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, (Chautauqua, New York, August 14, 1936), in War and Peace
tiny.ag/crui0h1u · submitted 1997
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, (inaugural speech, 1944), in War and Peace
tiny.ag/v6pxskz7 · submitted 1999 by Dr Nathan Rozenfarb
Close the book and open your heart.
Nathan Rozenfarb, (on religious conflicts), in War and Peace
tiny.ag/e87wmjqg · submitted 1997
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
tiny.ag/onprshw2 · submitted 1997
All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.
tiny.ag/b5zelloy · submitted 1997
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
tiny.ag/lgkszg2d · submitted 1997
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
tiny.ag/xm0eggq6 · submitted 1997
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
tiny.ag/rkg7iuvl · submitted 1997
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
tiny.ag/zqpdl0n8 · submitted 1997
For the first time we have a weapon that nobody has used for thirty years. This gives me great hope for the human race.
tiny.ag/ckmjpqso · submitted 1997
We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
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