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Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.
Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.
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.
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
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.]
I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time read more
I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time in Vietnam told me many stories—but none more chilling than the one from two helicopter pilots. They told me how they would shoot the friendlies on their way back from reconnaissance missions just so they could empty their ammunition before returning to base. The friendlies were South Vietnamese women and children, helpless victims in a war they did not understand. But to the American pilots, they were simply dots on the ground.
Whitehead is a political conservative.
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
One can always win a war, but how does one conquer peace?
One can always win a war, but how does one conquer peace?
I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
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
