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539e1ce War is peace freedom ignorance inspirational war George Orwell
0720d79 War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. ignorance inspirational war George Orwell
7cbd3ee "There was a clatter as the basilisk fangs cascaded out of Hermione's arms. Running at Ron, she flung them around his neck and kissed him full on the mouth. Ron threw away the fangs and broomstick he was holding and responded with such enthusiasm that he lifted Hermione off her feet. "Is this the moment?" Harry asked weakly, and when nothing happened except that Ron and Hermione gripped each other still more firmly and swayed on the spot, he raised his voice. "OI! There's a war going on here!" Ron and Hermione broke apart, their arms still around each other. "I know, mate," said Ron, who looked as though he had recently been hit on the back of the head with a Bludger, "so it's now or never, isn't it?" "Never mind that, what about the Horcrux?" Harry shouted. "D'you think you could just --- just hold it in, until we've got the diadem?" "Yeah --- right --- sorry ---" said Ron, and he and Hermione set about gathering up fangs, both pink in the face." romance war J.K. Rowling
7f377a4 War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. war J.R.R. Tolkien
512e1b3 Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. life war Sun Tzu
839b734 There are perhaps many causes worth dying for, but to me, certainly, there are none worth killing for. misattributed-to-albert-camus pacifism principles war Albert Dietrich
1863688 A small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me. war Markus Zusak
8f75452 The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. strategy victory war Sun Tzu
47bca6c Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars. war Haruki Murakami
4d5cc47 Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems? fighting peace soldiers war Bill Watterson
3b9922e There's never been a true war that wasn't fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous. righteousness war Neil Gaiman
da0acbb Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. success war Sun Tzu
876e23e When the rich wage war it's the poor who die. war Jean-Paul Sartre
148dba1 All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. strategy tactics war warfare Sun tzu
06942bc They're in love. Fuck the war. war Thomas Pynchon
5136c1f Legion, cuneum formate!' Reyna yelled. 'Advance!' Another cheer on Jason's right as Percy and Annabeth reunited with the forces of Camp Half-Blood. 'Greeks!' Percy yelled. 'Let's, um, fight stuff!' They yelled like banshees and charged. Jason grinned. He loved the Greeks. They had no organization whatsoever, but they made up for it with enthusiasm. family home jason-grace percy-jackson reyna war Rick Riordan
0837276 Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane? insanity religion war Terry Pratchett
54aa3bc If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected . security strategy tactics war Sun Tzu
ca4ee83 A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth. truth war Tim O'Brien
b6ae32e If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none. Let him forget there is such a thing as war. If the government is inefficient, top-heavy, and tax-mad, better it be all those than that people worry over it. Peace, Montag. Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs or the names of state capitals or how much corn Iowa grew last year. Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they'll feel they're thinking, they'll get a of motion without moving. And they'll be happy, because facts of that sort don't change. brilliance change contests data facts forget government happiness ignorance information motion peace philosophy politics popular questioning taxation thinking war worry Ray Bradbury
b7c71f9 The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on. war Joseph Heller
5a4d51a There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare. war Sun Tzu
6d35411 It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead. war joseph heller
21e99a8 "War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace." - Baba" war Khaled Hosseini
b6cd7be In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes war Robert Jordan
19540ad Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness - and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we're being brainwashed to believe. The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling - their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability. Remember this: We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them. Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. empire hope peace revolution war Arundhati Roy
80d150c Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain. war Sun Tzu
612e9d8 "The human race is unimportant. It is the self that must not be betrayed." "I suppose one could say that Hitler didn't betray his self." "You are right. He did not. But millions of Germans did betray their selves. That was the tragedy. Not that one man had the courage to be evil. But that millions had not the courage to be good." -- hitler tragedy war John Fowles
8c5d918 Fighting for peace, is like f***ing for chastity analogy disapproval motto pacifism paradox war Stephen King
6f29d39 You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. inspirational war Winston Churchill
5e5c0be The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. safety state war Sun Tzu
d4a994e When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard. strategy war sun tzu
ca84953 Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war. And until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the colour of a man's skin is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes. And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, there is war. And until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, rule of international morality, will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained... now everywhere is war. peace politics war Haile Selassie I
be337ed She fit her head under his chin, and he could feel her weight settle into him. He held her tight and words spilled out of him without prior composition. And this time he made no effort to clamp them off. He told her about the first time he had looked on the back of her neck as she sat in the church pew. Of the feeling that had never let go of him since. He talked to her of the great waste of years between then and now. A long time gone. And it was pointless, he said, to think how those years could have been put to better use, for he could hardly have put them to worse. There was no recovering them now. You could grieve endlessly for the loss of time and the damage done therein. For the dead, and for your own lost self. But what the wisdom of the ages says is that we do well not to grieve on and on. And those old ones knew a thing or two and had some truth to tell, Inman said, for you can grieve your heart out and in the end you are still where you are. All your grief hasn't changed a thing. What you have lost will not be returned to you. It will always be lost. You're left with only your scars to mark the void. All you can choose to do is go on or not. But if you go on, it's knowing you carry your scars with you. Nevertheless, over all those wasted years, he had held in his mind the wish to kiss her on the back of her neck, and now he had done it. There was a redemption of some kind, he believed, in such complete fulfillment of a desire so long deferred. love separation war Charles Frazier
e80946c Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war! war William Shakespeare
40c6251 When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad. books-of-ember city-of-ember goodness jeanne-duprau lina peace people-of-sparks right-choices war Jeanne DuPrau
0754222 If you can walk with the crowd and keep your virtue, or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds worth of distance run- Yours is the earth and everything that's in it, And-which is more-you'll be a man my son. historical-fiction war wwi Rudyard Kipling
dc71b30 For millions of years flowers have been producing thorns. For millions of years sheep have been eating them all the same. And it's not serious, trying to understand why flowers go to such trouble to produce thorns that are good for nothing? It's not important, the war between the sheep and the flowers? It's no more serious and more important than the numbers that fat red gentleman is adding up? Suppose I happen to know a unique flower, one that exists nowhere in the world except on my planet, one that a little sheep can wipe out in a single bite one morning, just like that, without even realizing what he'd doing - that isn't important? If someone loves a flower of which just one example exists among all the millions and millions of stars, that's enough to make him happy when he looks at the stars. He tells himself 'My flower's up there somewhere...' But if the sheep eats the flower, then for him it's as if, suddenly, all the stars went out. And that isn't important? importance longing love protection roses sheep stars thorns uniqueness war Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
9d50329 So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other. war Orson Scott Card
0e59c67 I don't care a damn about men who are loyal to the people who pay them, to organizations...I don't think even my country means all that much. There are many countries in our blood, aren't there, but only one person. Would the world be in the mess it is if we were loyal to love and not to countries? love loyalty nationality politics war Graham Greene
f6ef080 who wishes to fight must first count the cost strategy war Sun Tzu
da7c425 We're going to meet a lot of lonely people in the next week and the next month and the next year. And when they ask us what we're doing, you can say, We're remembering. That's where we'll win out in the long run. And someday we'll remember so much that we'll build the biggest goddamn steamshovel in history and dig the biggest grave of all time and shove war in it and cover it up. books burial generations grave history history-repeating-itself lonely remember war winning Ray Bradbury
9604556 To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. intimidation peace psychology strategy victory war Sun Tzu
112e5c7 The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad. irish song war G.K. Chesterton
eeffbf4 It is the oldest ironies that are still the most satisfying: man, when preparing for bloody war, will orate loudly and most eloquently in the name of peace. peace war Alan Moore
afe7195 I know you're still young but I want you to understand and learn this now. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a very very bright girl. Truly you are. You can be anything you want Laila. I know this about you. And I also know that when this war is over Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men maybe even more. Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated Laila. No chance. bright country education marriage smart war young-women Khaled Hosseini
b05dca6 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 a war, is much worse. When a people are used as mere human instruments for firing cannon or thrusting bayonets, in the service and for the selfish purposes of a master, such war degrades a people. A war to protect other human beings against tyrannical injustice; a war to give victory to their own ideas of right and good, and which is their own war, carried on for an honest purpose by their free choice, -- is often the means of their regeneration. A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever-renewing fight for ascendancy in the affairs of mankind, human beings must be willing, when need is, to do battle for the one against the other. ethics fight foreign-policy injustice inspirational justice morality motivational patriotic safety selfish tyranny war will John Stuart Mill
09d1c0d They say that war is death's best friend, but I must offer you a different point of view on that one. To me, war is like the new boss who expects the impossible. He stands over your shoulder repeating one thin, incessantly: 'Get it done, get it done.' So you work harder. You get the job done. The boss, however, does not thank you. He asks for more. death war Markus Zusak
38a1f7b There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs. human-nature savagery war George R.R. Martin
44b1b4b He asked, 'Croesus, who told you to attack my land and meet me as an enemy instead of a friend? inspirational war Herodotus
499b832 Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor. violence war Robert A. Heinlein
6acd543 She supposed they were imperfections, those marks, but they didn't feel that way to her; they were a history, cut into his body: the map of a life of endless war. clary-fray history jace-wayland life marks mortal-instruments war Cassandra Clare
b391ddb Sisters in battle, I am shield and blade to you. As I breathe, your enemies will know no sanctuary. While I live, your cause is mine. battle inspirational power sisterhood war warbringer wonder-woman Leigh Bardugo
9333e3e The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent. strategy war Sun Tzu
273b033 Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots. strategy war Sun Tzu
704622a One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying. A persistent schizophrenia leaves so many of us tragically divided against ourselves. On the one hand, we proudly profess certain sublime and noble principles, but on the other hand, we sadly practise the very antithesis of these principles. How often are our lives characterised by a high blood pressure of creeds and an anaemia of deeds! We talk eloquently about our commitment to the principles of Christianity, and yet our lives are saturated with the practices of paganism. We proclaim our devotion to democracy, but we sadly practise the very opposite of the democratic creed. We talk passionately about peace, and at the same time we assiduously prepare for war. We make our fervent pleas for the high road of justice, and then we tread unflinchingly the low road of injustice. This strange dichotomy, this agonising gulf between the and the , represents the tragic theme of man's earthly pilgrimage. love-in-action martin-luther-king-jr peace war words Martin Luther King Jr.
2552460 He had been bored, that's all, bored like most people. Hence he had made himself out of whole cloth a life full of complications and drama. Something must happen - and that explains most human commitments. Something must happen, even loveless slavery, even war or death. Hurray then for funerals! complication death slavery war Albert Camus
3baf948 He tried to name which of the deadly seven might apply, and when he failed he decided to append an eighth, regret. sin south war Charles Frazier
1f29cdc Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old. life solemn truth war warrior George R.R. Martin
8b23e26 "Ceres wanted a united front in the plant war." "The plant war," Percy said. "You're going to arm all the little grapes with tiny assault rifles?" grapes humor riffles war Rick Riordan
bfb1fc1 Let me ask you one question Is your money that good Will it buy you forgiveness Do you think that it could I think you will find When your death takes its toll All the money you made Will never buy back your soul money war Bob Dylan
baa4fb5 War seems like a fine adventure, the greatest most of them will ever know. Then they get a taste of battle. For some, that one taste is enough to break them. Others go on for years, until they lose count of all the battles they have fought in, but even a man who has survived a hundred fights can break in his hundred-and-first. Brothers watch their brothers die, fathers lose their sons, friends see their friends trying to hold their entrails in after they've been gutted by an axe. They see the lord who led them there cut down, and some other lord shouts that they are his now, They take the wound, and when that's still half-healed they take another. There is never enough to eat, their shoes fall to pieces from marching, their clothes are torn and rotting, and half of them are shitting in their breeches from drinking bad water. If they want new boots or a warmer cloak or maybe a rusted iron half helm, they need to take them from a corpse, and before long they are stealing from the living too, from the small folk whose land they're fighting in, men very like the men they used to be. They slaughter their sheep and steal their chickens, and from there it's just a short step to carrying off their daughters too. And one day they look around and realize all their friends and kin are gone, that they are fighting beside strangers beneath a banner that they hardly recognize. They don't know where they are or how to get back home and the lord they're fighting for does not know their names, yet here he comes, shouting for them to form up, to make a line with their spears and scythes and sharpened hoes, to stand their ground. And the knights come down on them, faceless men clad in all steel, and the iron thunder of their charge seems to fill the world. And the man breaks. knight knights war George R.R. Martin
c49fa05 If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. strategy war Sun Tzu
693347b You don't get it, Clary. You don't understand what it's like to live always at war, to grow up with battle and sacrifice. I guess it's not your fault. It's just how you were brought up- city-of-glass isabelle-lightwood life mortal-instruments sacrifice war Cassandra Clare
79f70fe There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed. strategy war Sun Tzu
b5ed511 What struck me as I began to study history was how nationalist fervor--inculcated from childhood on by pledges of allegiance, national anthems, flags waving and rhetoric blowing--permeated the educational systems of all countries, including our own. I wonder now how the foreign policies of the United States would look if we wiped out the national boundaries of the world, at least in our minds, and thought of all children everywhere as our own. Then we could never drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, or napalm on Vietnam, or wage war anywhere, because wars, especially in our time, are always wars against children, indeed our children. united-states war Howard Zinn
b9f901a A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future. inspirational war George S. Patton Jr.
24aeb22 "I'm ruined beyond repair, is what I fear...And if so, in time we'd both be wretched and bitter." "I know people can be mended. Not all, and some more immediately than others. But some can be. I don't see why not you." "Why not me?" war Charles Frazier
8278c6b And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes--believes with all its heart--that it is their right to take the land. To kill Indians. Make war. Enslave their brothers. This nation shouldn't exist, if there is any justice in the world, for its foundations are murder, theft, and cruelty. Yet here we are. america cruelty delusions native-americans race-relations slavery theft united-states united-states-of-america us usa war Colson Whitehead
1f4faf2 The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys) mad-skills manipulation omniscient war George R.R. Martin
2047c0d They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's raining! war weather Charles Frazier
09f3490 But when they made love he was offended by her eyes. They behaved as though they belonged to someone else. Someone watching. Looking out of the window at the sea. At a boat in the river. Or a passerby in the mist in a hat. He was exasperated because he didn't know what that look . He put it somewhere between indifference and despair. He didn't know that in some places, like the country that Rahel came from, various kinds of despair competed for primacy. And that despair could never be desperate enough. That something happened when personal turmoil dropped by at the wayside shrine of the vast, violent, circling, driving, ridiculous, insane, unfeasible, public turmoil of a nation. That Big God howled like a hot wind, and demanded obeisance. Then Small God (cozy and contained, private and limited) came away cauterized, laughing numbly at his own temerity. Inured by the confirmation of his own inconsequence, he became resilient and truly indifferent. Nothing mattered much. Nothing much mattered. And the less it mattered, the less it mattered. It was never important enough. Because Worse Things had happened. In the country that she came from, poised forever between the terror of war and the horror of peace, Worse Things kept happening. So Small God laughed a hollow laugh, and skipped away cheerfully. Like a rich boy in shorts. He whistled, kicked stones. The source of his brittle elation was the relative smallness of his misfortune. He climbed into people's eyes and became an exasperating expression. despair desperation exasperation eyes indifference nationality peace personal public smallness war Arundhati Roy
1801481 It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way. war Cormac McCarthy
01ac8d8 Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack. strategy war Sun Tzu
bc3a6a9 Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected. strategy war Sun Tzu
dc845f1 But remember this, Japanese boy... airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality. engineering war Hayao Miyazaki
b7d54f3 Morale was deteriorating and it was all Yossarian's fault. The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them. ironic rights war wwii yossarian Joseph Heller
dc100be I know. I was there. I saw the great void in your soul, and you saw mine. war wwi Sebastian Faulks
2befa65 Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand---that and such hope as I bring. gandalf hope war J.R.R. Tolkien
f6611c5 That Shay was in possesion of hand grenades was a comforting thought showed what kind of night this had become. comfort hand-grenade shay specials uglies war Scott Westerfeld
9991d70 My objection to war was not that I had to kill somebody or be killed senselessly, that hardly mattered. What I objected to was to be denied the right to sit in a small room and starve and drink cheap wine and go crazy in my own way and at my own leisure. war wine Charles Bukowski
5998062 Great results, can be achieved with small forces. strategy war Sun Tzu
ab0b129 "War." Gorgon spits the word. "That is what they call it to give the illusion of honor and law. It is chaos. Madness and blood and the hunger to win. It has always been thus and shall always be so." forever gorgon honor law war win Libba Bray
ef426d9 There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities. culture war Roger Zelazny
5786f3e In war, our elders may give the orders...but it is the young who have to fight. war youth T.H. White
e9163f5 "In one of his last newsletters, Mike Ranney wrote: "In thinking back on the days of Easy Company, I'm treasuring my remark to a grandson who asked, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' No,'" I answered, 'but I served in a company of heroes." -- heroism war Stephen E. Ambrose
04a014a If you will not die for us, you cannot ask us to die for you. loyalty war Jacqueline Carey
d30d340 It was my view then, and still is, that you don't make war without knowing why. Knowledge of course, is always imperfect, but it seemed to me that when a nation goes to war it must have reasonable confidence in the justice and imperative of its cause. You can't fix your mistakes. Once people are dead, you can't make them undead. war Tim O'Brien
2a2bc26 If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third. adversary battle strategy war Robert Jordan
fa5d847 "All wars are sacred," he said. "To those who have to fight them. If the people who started wars didn't make them sacred, who would be foolish enough to fight? But, no matter what rallying cries the orators give to the idiots who fight, no matter what noble purposes they assign to wars, there is never but one reason for a war. And that is money. All wars are in reality money squabbles. But so few people ever realize it. Their ears are too full of bugles and drums and the fine words from stay-at-home orators. Sometimes the rallying cry is 'save the Tomb of Christ from the Heathen!' Sometimes it's 'down with Popery!' and sometimes 'Liberty!' and sometimes 'Cotton, Slavery and States' Rights!" war Margaret Mitchell
29438c5 In any war story, but especially a true one, it's difficult to separate what happened from what seemed to happen. What seems to happen becomes its own happening and has to be told that way. The angles of vision are skewed. When a booby trap explodes, you close your eyes and duck and float outside yourself. .. The pictures get jumbled, you tend to miss a lot. And then afterward, when you go to tell about it, there is always that surreal seemingness, which makes the story seem untrue, but which in fact represents the hard and exact truth as it seemed. war writing Tim O'Brien
3e828dd Was there ever a war where only one side bled? war George R.R. Martin
a0bbc3b Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive. strategy war Sun Tzu
9b4d0e3 Those who lived by the sword were forced to die by it. war T.H. White
ad2e7c9 I do not say that children at war do not die like men, if they have to die. To their everlasting honor and our everlasting shame, they do die like men, thus making possible the manly jubilation of patriotic holidays. But they are murdered children all the same. patriotism shame war Kurt Vonnegut
d04f6d5 There was just such a man when I was young--an Austrian who invented a new way of life and convinced himself that he was the chap to make it work. He tried to impose his reformation by the sword, and plunged the civilized world into misery and chaos. But the thing which this fellow had overlooked, my friend, was that he had a predecessor in the reformation business, called Jesus Christ. Perhaps we may assume that Jesus knew as much as the Austrian did about saving people. But the odd thing is that Jesus did not turn the disciples into strom troopers, burn down the Temple at Jerusalem, and fix the blame on Pontius Pilate. On the contrary, he made it clear that the business of the philosopher was to make ideas , and to impose them on people. free-will hitler ideas ideas-are-power jesus jesus-christ might philosphy reformation war T.H. White
e51b980 When I heard your organization was recording testimonies, I knew I had to come. She died in my arms, saying 'I don't want to die.' That is what death is like. It doesn't matter what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. It doesn't matter how good the weapons are. I thought if everyone could see what I saw, we would never have war anymore. war Jonathan Safran Foer
9c3ebd2 Bravery without forethought, causes a man to fight blindly and desperately like a mad bull. Such an opponent, must not be encountered with brute force, but may be lured into an ambush and slain. strategy war Sun Tzu
a899dfd All other trades are contained in that of war. Is that why war endures? No. It endures because young men love it and old men love it in them. Those that fought, those that did not. That's your notion. The judge smiled. Men are born for games. Nothing else. Every child knows that play is nobler than work. He knows too that the worth or merit of a game is not inherent in the game itself but rather in the value of that which is put at hazard. Games of chance require a wager to have meaning at all. Games of sport involve the skill and strength of the opponents and the humiliation of defeat and the pride of victory are in themselves sufficient stake because they inhere in the worth of the principals and define them. But trial of chance or trial of worth all games aspire to the condition of war for here that which is wagered swallows up game, player, all. games war Cormac McCarthy
5782906 -You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot! authority conservatism conservatives military right-wingers war Joseph Heller
38362c8 you can tell a true war story if it embarrasses you. If you don't care for obscenity, you don't care for the truth; if you don't care for the truth, watch how you vote. Send guys to war, they come home talking dirty. war Tim O'Brien
25e366c mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy strategy war Sun Tzu
624c22c Never venture, never win! strategy war Sun Tzu
99cc6c1 Fear could break a line faster than any enemy charge. empire-of-storms fear fight strength war Sarah J. Maas
0e54bce I was a coward. I went to the war. war Tim O'Brien
7d6790b If his forces are united, separate them. strategy war Sun Tzu
8920900 He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared. strategy war Sun Tzu
8a06ded There is one fairly good reason for fighting - and that is, if the other man starts it. You see, wars are a great wickedness, perhaps the greatest wickedness of a wicked species. They are so wicked that they must not be allowed. When you can be perfectly certain that the other man started them, then is the time when you might have a sort of duty to stop them. fighting right war T.H. White
4becac7 We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world--a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just Whores for power and oil, but killer whores with hate and fear in our hearts. We are human scum, and that is how history will judge us. . . . No redeeming social value. Just whores. Get out of our way, or we'll kill you. Well, shit on that dumbness. George W. Bush does not speak for me or my son or my mother or my friends or the people I respect in this world. We didn't vote for these cheap, greedy little killers who speak for America today--and we will not vote for them again in 2002. Or 2004. Or ever. Who does vote for these dishonest shitheads? Who among us can be happy and proud of having all this innocent blood on our hands? Who are these swine? These flag-sucking half-wits who get fleeced and fooled by stupid little rich kids like George Bush? They are the same ones who wanted to have Muhammad Ali locked up for refusing to kill gooks. They speak for all that is cruel and stupid and vicious in the American character. They are the racists and hate mongers among us--they are the Ku Klux Klan. I piss down the throats of these Nazis. And I am too old to worry about whether they like it or not. Fuck them. peace politics violence war Hunter S. Thompson
7cad7a6 "I learned to play the instruments of war," he said, "and paint in blood." instruments paint sebastian-jonathan war Cassandra Clare
cff6438 "If we can use an H-bomb--and as you said it's no checker game; it's real, it's war and nobody is fooling around--isn't it sort of ridiculous to go crawling around in the weeds, throwing knives and maybe getting yourself killed . . . and even losing the war . . . when you've got a real weapon you can use to win? What's the point in a whole lot of men risking their lives with obsolete weapons when one professor type can do so much more just by pushing a button?' Zim didn't answer at once, which wasn't like him at all. Then he said softly, 'Are you happy in the Infantry, Hendrick? You can resign, you know.' Hendrick muttered something; Zim said, 'Speak up!' I'm not itching to resign, sir. I'm going to sweat out my term.' I see. Well, the question you asked is one that a sergeant isn't really qualified to answer . . . and one that you shouldn't ask me. You're supposed to know the answer before you join up. Or you should. Did your school have a course in History and Moral Philosophy?' What? Sure--yes, sir.' Then you've heard the answer. But I'll give you my own--unofficial--views on it. If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cuts its head off?' Why . . . no, sir!' Of course not. You'd paddle it. There can be circumstances when it's just as foolish to hit an enemy with an H-Bomb as it would be to spank a baby with an ax. War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him . . . but to make him do what you want him to do. Not killing . . . but controlled and purposeful violence. But it's not your business or mine to decide the purpose of the control. It's never a soldier's business to decide when or where or how--or why--he fights; that belongs to the statesmen and the generals. The statesmen decide why and how much; the generals take it from there and tell us where and when and how. We supply the violence; other people--"older and wiser heads," as they say--supply the control. Which is as it should be. That's the best answer I can give you. If it doesn't satisfy you, I'll get you a chit to go talk to the regimental commander. If he can't convince you--then go home and be a civilian! Because in that case you will certainly never make a soldier." military moral-philosophy training violence war Robert A. Heinlein
151ccfe Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war. war Terry Pratchett
16d400b The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy or fairness or even trees, except maybe the ones in their own yards, and they don't mind admitting it. They worship money and power and death. Their ideal solution to all the nation's problems would be another 100 Year War. money politics power war Hunter S. Thompson
fc375b4 As long as a population can be induced to believe in a supernatural hereafter, it can be oppressed and controlled. People will put up with all sorts of tyranny, poverty, and painful treatment if they're convinced that they'll eventually escape to some resort in the sky where lifeguards are superfluous and the pool never closes. Moreover, the faithful are usually willing to risk their skins in whatever military adventure their government may currently be promoting. heaven military religion tyranny war Tom Robbins
c42b987 There is neither a foreign war nor a civil war; there is only just and unjust war. war Victor Hugo
8ca36ea Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical. strategy war Sun Tzu
8df3707 Make no mistake: peaceful madmen are ahead of the future. peace war Gabriel García Márquez
fa9eed1 It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn its might against them. Unfortunately man is preyed upon by microbes, which are too small to be appreciated. odin sword-sentiments war T.H. White
2bc1fec Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will. strategy war Sun Tzu
6a12ded The doctrinal differences between Hinduism and Buddhism and Taoism are not anywhere near as important as doctrinal differences among Christianity and Islam and Judaism. Holy wars are not fought over them because verbalized statements about reality are never presumed to be reality itself. war Robert M. Pirsig
4b62641 It's a hard thing to explain to somebody who hasn't felt it, but the presence of death and danger has a way of bringing you fully awake. It makes things vivid. When you're afraid, really afraid, you see things you never saw before, you pay attention to the world. You make close friends. You become part of a tribe and you share the same blood- you give it together, you take it together. death friendship war Tim O'Brien
1eec63c Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day. strategy war Sun Tzu
811420b History did not demand Yossarian's premature demise, justice could be satisfied without it, progress did not hinge upon it, victory did not depend on it. That men would die was a matter of necessity; WHICH men would die, though, was a matter of circumstance, and Yossarian was willing to be the victim of anything but circumstance. But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents. war Joseph Heller
54442ca who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits strategy war Sun Tzu
4d6eb60 Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won. war Robert Jordan
e70c486 If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak. strategy war Sun Tzu
c7500fb But man, proud man, Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd-- His glassy essence--like an angry ape Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal. war William Shakespeare
44baed9 No honest journalist should be willing to describe himself or herself as 'embedded.' To say, 'I'm an embedded journalist' is to say, 'I'm a government Propagandist. journalism propaganda war Noam Chomsky
77d875d Much of human history has consisted of unequal conflicts between the haves and the have-nots. history possession war Jared Diamond
626ac84 War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn to live together in peace by killing each other's children. good peace war Jimmy Carter
6b86e69 It was not well to drive men into final corners; at those moments they could all develop teeth and claws. war Stephen Crane
6439672 "Station is the paradox of the world of my people, the limitation of our power within the hunger for power. It is gained through treachery and invites treachery against those who gain it. Those most powerful in Menzoberranzan spend their days watching over their shoulders, defending against the daggers that would find their backs. Their deaths usually come from the front." -Drizzt Do'Urden" -- darkness power war R.A. Salvatore
85d94e7 Young men go to war. Sometimes because they have to, sometimes because they want to. Always, they feel they are supposed to. This comes from the sad, layered stories of life, which over the centuries have seen courage confused with picking up arms, and cowardice confused with laying them down. patriotism war Mitch Albom
cffeb75 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 goodbye inadequate war words Ann Rinaldi
556e5f7 War could bond men like a magnet, but like a magnet it could repel them, too. The things they saw, the things they did. Sometimes they just wanted to forget. war Mitch Albom
81a2528 After so many years even the fire of passion dies, and with it what was believed the light of the truth. Who of us is able to say now whether Hector or Achilles was right, Agamemnon or Priam, when they fought over the beauty of a woman who is now dust and ashes? homer iliad justification mythology passage-of-time passion past right troy truth war Umberto Eco
e8f2d30 There has seldom if ever a shortage of eager young males prepared to kill and die to preserve the security, comfort and prejudices of their elders, and what you call heroism is just an expression of this simple fact; there is never a scarcity of idiots. soldiers war Iain M. Banks
77c84bd Conform to the enemy's tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive. strategy war Sun Tzu
8929041 The Statue of Liberty's gender changed nothing. It was the same here as anywhere: men and their wars. war Jeffrey Eugenides
5c67f26 There is a comfort in conformity, a security in control, that is appealing. There is a thrill in domination, and we are all secretly attracted to violence. violence war Tom Robbins
f39fc94 I'll pretend, I tell myself. Pretending is safer than believing. believing otma pretending romanovs russia russian-revolution tsar-nicholas-ii war Sarah Miller
7975477 When your army has crossed the border, you should burn your boats and bridges, in order to make it clear to everybody that you have no hankering after home. strategy war Sun Tzu
870b982 It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus. casualties military strategy tactics war Terry Pratchett
f7fa717 There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: (1) Recklessness, which leads to destruction; (2) cowardice, which leads to capture; (3) a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults; (4) a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame; (5) over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble. cowardice danger destruction fault general homer lead reckless shame temper trouble war worry Sun Tzu
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