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Quotations by Subject: War (33 quotes)

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War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.: Jimmy Carter (1924 - )
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Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself; neither do we rejoice therein, because we control our lusts, but contrariwise, because we rejoice therein, we are able to control our lusts.: Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677), The Ethics
During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history.: Stephen Ambrose (1936 - 2002), D-Day, page 577
What are man and woman if not members of two very different and warring tribes? Yet decade after decade, century after century, they attempt in marriage to reconcile and forge a union. Why? I don't know. Biological imperative? Divine law? Or just a desire to connect to that mysterious other? In any case, it's always struck me as a hopeful thing.: Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Our Wedding, 1992
The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self- esteem.: Dr. Laura Schlessinger
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The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.: John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), On Liberty
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.: Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825)
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I'm keenly aware of the Pride coming before the Fall . . . but I really do like what I've been able to do here.: Wil Wheaton, weblog, 03-10-04
No matter how long we exist, we have our memories. Points in time which time itself cannot erase. Suffering may distort my backward glances, but even to suffering, some memories will yield nothing of ther beauty or their splendor. Rather they remain as hard as gems.: Anne Rice (1941 - ), "Blood and Gold"
Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force... If we assume that life is worth living, if we assume that mankind has the right to survive, then we must find an alternative to war.: Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), The Christmas Sermon On Peace in on Dec 24, 1967

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