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Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence read more
To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence for relief from the burdens of willing, deciding and being responsible for inevitable failure. They willingly abdicate the directing of their lives to those who want to plan, command and shoulder all responsibility.
It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you.
It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you.
War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.
War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
A right without an attendant responsibility is as unreal as a sheet of paper which has only one side.
A right without an attendant responsibility is as unreal as a sheet of paper which has only one side.
The more corrupt the State the more numerous the laws.
The more corrupt the State the more numerous the laws.
...as long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst read more
...as long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.
Our elections are free -- it's in the results where eventually we pay.
Our elections are free -- it's in the results where eventually we pay.
