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Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no read more
Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.
Fighting men are the city's fortress.
Fighting men are the city's fortress.
Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in read more
Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace.
Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That read more
Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.
Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
It is a fatal error to enter any war without the will to win it. •Douglas MacArthur All read more
It is a fatal error to enter any war without the will to win it. •Douglas MacArthur All great civilisations, in their early stages, are based on success in war. •Kenneth Clark You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. •Jeannette Rankin War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.
A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.
A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.
War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.
War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.