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It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward read more
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labours of peace.
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
and the big fool says to push on
singing about an incident in read more
We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
and the big fool says to push on
singing about an incident in which
marine recruits died driven to their deaths by an officer.
O for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade;
Where rumor of oppression read more
O for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade;
Where rumor of oppression and deceit,
Of unsuccessful or successful war,
Might never reach me more.
For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of
more service than civil war.
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For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of
more service than civil war.
[Lat., Mihi enim omnis pax cum civibus bello civili utilior
videbatur.]
All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity read more
All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity by their own.
Though peace be made, yet it's interest that keep peace.
Though peace be made, yet it's interest that keep peace.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
You bring young men together.. put them in a confined
space.. and then give them a license to kill
(re read more
You bring young men together.. put them in a confined
space.. and then give them a license to kill
(re war).
