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The crime which is done now is that war has made a tool and slave of science, and man's knowledge, painfully and laboriously compiled, is made the instrument of man's destruction.
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war
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F)or it was the belief of the duchy that no nation can be governed well unless there is a majority which can impose its will upon a minority. A complete balance of pros and antis could produce nothing but deadlock.
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Leonard Wibberley |
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Yea" might be turned into "Nay" and vice versa if a sufficient quantity of wordage was applied to the matter. The second was that in any argument, the victor is always right, and the third that though the pen is mightier than the sword, the sword speaks louder and stronger at any given moment. - Roger Fenwick, Duke of Grand Fenwick"
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government
politics
satire
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Leonard Wibberley |
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da6887e
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Tribal Chief 1: The will of the people is what is best. That is what democracy means Tribal Chief 2: But if the people don't know what they are talking about, how can that be the best?
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humor
humorous-quotes
satire
satirical-humor-quotes
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Leonard Wibberley |
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8546873
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The first step toward understanding is of course argument.
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Leonard Wibberley |
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e205af1
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There are worse things than eating the dead, my dear fellow. Far worse things. There is, for instance, making a huge profit out of their funeral, which is the normal custom in the civilized world.
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humorous-quotes
religion
satire
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Leonard Wibberley |
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4acae5a
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World opinion, though sharply divided on nuclear tests and the risk of atmospheric pollution, could congratulate itself on being united in its opposition to cannibalism. No country in the world was prepared to support the custom of eating the dead, though the right of governments to kill people, individually or by hundreds of thousands, was not questioned for a moment.
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satire
satirical-humor
satirical-humor-quotes
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Leonard Wibberley |
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ac8d2ca
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If you waste only one year out of your lifetime, and that to please your father, the wastage is very small," said Tully."
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Leonard Wibberley |