But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness read more

But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness and giving in.

How many have been frozen gored starved or blown apart
by Hitler, LBJ, Genghis Khan, Churchill, or Bonaparte?

How many have been frozen gored starved or blown apart
by Hitler, LBJ, Genghis Khan, Churchill, or Bonaparte?

Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't

Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't

Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.

Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes read more

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

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.

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.