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Anton ChekhovAny idiot can face a crisis,it`s day to day living that wears you out
Lord ActonThe one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds,by force or fraud,in carrying elections
Count DraculaListen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.
Thomas Stearns EliotA man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier
UnknownA reactionary is a man whose political opinions always manage to keep up with yesterday
Admiral James D. WatkinsWe must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern era--a permanent state of what I call violent peace
Thomas JeffersonI tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever
UnknownA person who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal
A. K. GriffinIf it weren`t for lawyers, we wouldn`t need them
Justice Robert JacksonIt is not the function of government to keep the citizen from error,it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error
Mahatma GandhiVictory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat,for it is momentary
Mark CouturierIt takes more courage to get out of a war than it does to get into one
Jean De La BruyèreLife is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think
Sarah BellumNot only is war a form of legalized murder,but it is mass serial killing
Benjamin DisraeliIt destroys one`s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being
Vincent Van GoghIn a painting I want to say something comforting
Bertrand RussellIf there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
Gian Vincenzo GravinaA bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company
EuripidesIt`s not beauty but fine qualities,my girl,that keep a husband
A. J. P. TaylorThe great armies,accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace,carried the nations to war by their own weight
Lydia Sicher[War] might be avoidable were more emphasis placed on the training to social interest,less on the attainment of egotistical grandeur
George OrwellAll the war-propaganda,all the screaming and lies and hatred,comes invariably from people who are not fighting
Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell and Lt. Nick "Goose" BradshawI feel the needthe need for speed!
Alfred HitchcockDrama is life with the dull bits cut out
George W. Bush,the role of the military is to fight and win war and,therefore,prevent war from happening in the first place
Anonymous GermanA great war leaves a country with three armies: an army of cripples,an army of mourners,and an army of thieves
Alfred HitchcockI am scared easily,here is a list of my adrenaline,production: 1: small children,2: policemen,3: high places,4: that my next movie will not be as good as the last one
Abraham FlexnerProbably,no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both
Ambrose BierceBeauty: That power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband
George McGovernI`m fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in
Alfred HitchcockI am a typed director. If I made Cinderella,the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheNone are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free
Robert HarbisonIt is people who live by the rules that are always hoping to get them changed
Alfred HitchcockI am to provide the public with beneficial shocks
Rep. William Waters BoyceWe may extend our dominion over the whole continent,but be assured it will be at the price of our free institutions
Swedish ProverbLove me when I least deserve it,because that`s when I really need it
Woody AllenMoney is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Feodor DostoevskijEverything is permitted
Alfred HitchcockI`m full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm
Nikita KrushchevLife is short. Live it up
Murray RothbardIt is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power,in number,in pride,in absolute dominion over the economy and the society
Thomas JeffersonPeace,commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none
Fred ReedWars are the hobbies of half-informed children who have somehow come into possession of the levers of power
Kahlil GibranWhere is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer
Ludwig von MisesThe state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster
Rodrigue TremblayThe world should be worried about those who go around the planet with a can of gasoline in one hand and a box of matches in the other,pretending to sell fire insurance
Doug HortonLive to learn, learn to live, then teach others
Malcolm ForbesFailure is success if we learn from it
Thomas JeffersonI have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man
Charles Evans HughesWar should be made a crime,and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals
Colonel James A. Donovan,Marine CorpsChauvinism is a proud and bellicose form of patriotism,which equates the national honor with military victory
James MadisonNo nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare
You are my butterfly and you are my ecstasyYou are my ground and you are my rainbow
VoltaireIt would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village
Rita RudnerI love being married. It`s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life
Groucho MarxI have had a perfectly wonderful evening,but this wasn`t it
Woody AllenStudents achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness.
Jerry HallMy mother said it was simple to keep a man: you must be a maid in the living room,a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom. I said I`d hire the other two and take care of the bedroom bit
Thomas JeffersonIf there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American,it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest
Hannah ArendtAlthough tyranny,may successfully rule over foreign peoples,it can stay in power only if it destroys first of all the national institutions of its own people
E. W. HoweLove affairs have always greatly interested me, but I do not greatly care for them in books or moving pictures. In a love affair, I wish to be the hero, with no audience present
Donald TrumpEverything in life is luck
Georges ClemenceauWar is too serious a matter to entrust to military men
Albert CamusWe used to wonder where war lived,what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives,inside ourselves
William Ralph IngeA man may build himself a throne of bayonets,but he cannot sit on it
Thomas JeffersonA coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit
AristotleBashfulness is an ornament to youth,but a reproach to old age
Groucho MarxHumor is reason gone mad
James BovardFreedom is whatever the president says it is,pending revision
Yoko OnoMarriage is a gamble,let`s be honest
John Stuart MillAsk yourself whether you are happy, and you will cease to be so
Ellen KeyThe worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being
Lauren BacallI think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that
Albert CamusIn our society, any man who doesn`t cry at his mother`s funeral is liable to be condemned to death
Albert EinsteinHe who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake,since for him the spinal cord would suffice
John C. CalhounIt is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty
ThucydidesIt is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered,while failure would leave us in an even worse position..
Anthony J D`AngeloGive more than take
Howard ZinnHistorically,the most terrible things--war,genocide and slavery--have resulted from obedience,not disobedience
UnknownIf voting should change anything, there would be a law against it
Cole SearI see dead people.
Abraham LincolnI destroy my enemies when I make them my friends
Robert A. HeinleinIt is a truism that almost any sect,cult,or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so..
Alexis de TocquevilleAll those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it
Alfred HitchcockDisney has the best casting. If he doesn`t like an actor he just tears him up
C.L. MontagueHell hath no fury like a non-combatant
Frank ChodorovThe pertinent question: if Americans did not want these wars should they have been compelled to fight them
Butler ShafferCoercive practices that threaten our neighbor(s also threaten us
Steven Curtis ChapmanThere`s nothing like a good cheating song to make me want to run home to be with my wife
Michael JordanAs athletes,we`re used to reacting quickly. Here,it`s `come,stop,come,stop.` There`s a lot of downtime. That`s the toughest part of the day
Bertrand RussellAll movements go too far.
Daniel DefoeMiddle age is youth without levity. And old age without decay
Frank ZappaArt is making something out of nothing and selling it
Mark van EssenBlack, white, brown, yellow or even red, we piss with our pants down, and go naked to bed
Julia Ward HoweThe sword of murder is not the balance of justice
Ron PaulTerror is a tactic. We can not wage "war" against a tactic
Alfred HitchcockLuck is everything,My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I`m fortunate to be a coward,to have a low threshold of fear,because a hero couldn`t make a good suspense film
Steel MagnoliasSmile, it enhances your face value.
Albert CamusFreedom is nothing else but a chance to be better
Lillian HellmanCynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth
Ray PrinceDo good by stealth
Bill CosbyIn order to succeed,your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure
Albert EinsteinA man should look for what is,and not for what he thinks should be.
Kehlog AlbranEven the best of friends cannot attend each other`s funeral
Alfred HitchcockI have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it
Ralph Waldo EmersonAll diseases run into one, old age
Han SoloMay the Force be with you.
Michael BerginI wanted to marry a girl just like my mom
William Ernest HockingI find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward,he will look forward with the work
John F. KennedyA nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people
Jeremy TaylorHe that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home,and broods a nest of sorrows
Marquis de SadeIs it not a strange blindness on our part to teach publicly the techniques of warfare and to reward with medals those who prove to be the most adroit killers
Woody AllenHow is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?
Barbara BushI married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children,they just about throw up
Martin Luther King,Jr.We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace
Tom Van MeursDemocracies become dictatorships if governments do not listen to the voice of the people
Albert EinsteinHow vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces than take part in such an abominable business
Irving KristolDemocracy does not guarantee equality of conditions , it only guarantees equality of opportunity
Shoeless Joe JacksonIf you build it, he will come.[14]
Murray RothbardAll government wars are unjust
Henny YoungmanThe secret of a happy marriage remains a secret
Shirley MacLaineFear makes strangers of people who would be friends
Pope John Paul IIViolence and arms can never resolve the problems of men
T. S. EliotI don`t believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates
BuddhaIn the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true
Mark TwainGood breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person
Oscar WildeAmerica is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between
NapoleonAmerica is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations
Dwight D. EisenhowerI think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it
Chris HedgesThe failure to dissect the cause of war leaves us open for the next installment
Mark TwainEverything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow
Herbert C. HooverIt is the youth who must inherit the tribulation,the sorrow,that are the aftermath of war
Thomas JeffersonThe spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions,that I wish it to be always kept alive
Barbara EhrenreichNo matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent,rebellion,and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots
Woody AllenI can`t listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.
Douglas JerroldDress it as we may,huzza it,and sing swaggering songs about it,what is war,nine times out of ten,but murder in uniform
Rear Admiral Gene R. LaRocqueWar has become a spectator sport for Americans
Benjamin FranklinThose who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety
Ludwig von MisesHistory has witnessed the failure of many endeavors to impose peace by war,cooperation by coercion,unanimity by slaughtering dissidents. A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets
André RoussinI can resist everything except temptation
Dick CheneyThe question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many
Thomas FullerAnger is one of the sinews of the soul
Marcus AureliusThe opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject
Pablo PicassoIt takes a long time to become young
Thomas SowellMost wars are started by well-fed people with time on their hands to dream up half-baked ideologies or grandiose ambitions,and to nurse real or imagined grievances
Josh BillingsAs scarce as truth is,the supply has always been in excess of the demand
John CoryWar is eternity jammed into frantic minutes that will fill a lifetime with dreams and nightmares
William Appleman WilliamsFreedom is not nurtured by nations preparing for war
Will RogersI don`t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts
Sir Francis BaconNothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise
Ludwig von MisesIf some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races,nations,or peoples,there can be no peace
Hermann HesseEvery politician in the world is all for revolution,reason,and disarmament--but only in enemy countries,not in his own
George OrwellThe essential act of war is destruction,not necessarily of human lives,but of the products of human labor
Roger EbertEvery great film should seem new every time you see it.
Nancy AstorI married beneath me,all women do
Albert EinsteinAn empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
Lao TsuOnly fools seek power,and the greatest fools seek it through force
Ludwig von MisesModern society,based as it is on the division of labor,can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace
General Douglas MacArthurOur government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear,kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor,with the cry of grave national emergency
Lenny BloomPhony pretexts repeated often enough become real reasons. Things that,are not true become true in the public mind simply through endless repetition
H. L. MenckenI believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone
Olive SchreinerIt is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it well,than to kill ten thousand
Dale S. MugfordWhen the largest industry in the world is no longer War,I will accept Darwin`s theory of Evolution
E. B. WhiteAnalyzing humor is like dissecting a frog;Few people are interested and the frog dies of it
Joseph ConradEvery age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end
Hugo Black,Supreme Court JusticeParamount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people..
TacitusTo plunder,to slaughter,to steal,these things they misname empire; and where they make a desert,they call it peace
John MiltonFor what can war,but endless war,still breed
Alfred Adler,Violence as a way of gaining power,is being camouflaged under the guise of tradition,national honor [and] national security..
Sigmund FreudA belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed,every such act of violence,as would disgrace the individual
Colin PowellLegislators: Rape their wives and do two years. Kill their children and do five years. Steal their money and kiss your ass goodbye
A. CygniIt is odd, is it not, that a person`s worth to society is measured by their wealth, when instead their wealth should be measured by their worth to society
UnknownLiberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice
Peter UeberrothBaseball is a public trust. Players turn over,owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on
Erma BombeckDon`t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other
Scott RitterWe say that we care about the war,but we dont even really know what were fighting for
John BurroughsI still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think,all the walks I want to take,all the books I want to read,and all the friends I want to see
Thomas JeffersonIt is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself
Gregory BatesonEvery move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it
George EliotAnger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love
Woody AllenLife is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it`s all over much too soon.
Thomas CarlyleWar is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle
Lord ByronWars a brain spattering windpipe splitting art
Albert EinsteinEverything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted
Anthony RobbinsWhy do people persist in a dissatisfying relationship,unwilling either to work toward solutions or end it and move on? It`s because they know changing will lead to the unknown,and most people believe that the unknown will be much more painful than what they`re already experiencing
Thich Nhat HanhIn order to rally people,governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid,to hate,so we will rally behind them
Ramman KenounConflict is the criminals` paradise; it is the only time when killing is allowed,theft is tolerated,and rape is forgiven
Chevy ChaseA laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic,so that came naturally to me
Pope Pius XIIYou lose nothing through peace. You can lose everything through war
James MadisonIt is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger,real or pretended,from abroad
Ludwig von MisesOnly one thing can conquer war--that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation..
George W. BushIf we dont stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions,were going to have a serious problem coming down the road
Ingrid BergmanHappiness is good health and a bad memory
John CoryThere are no politics in war. Politics is the luxury of the safe-at-home. War is a lottery of survival
Sen. Hiram JohnsonThe first casualty when war comes is the truth
Albert EinsteinAll these primary impulses,not easily described in words,are the springs of man`s actions.
Justice Louis D. BrandeisThe greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal,well meaning but without understanding
M. GrundlerIt is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you
George OrwellEvery war when it comes,or before it comes,is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac
Dwight D. EisenhowerThere is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs
Frank ChodorovThe State acquires power,and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates
Dwight D. EisenhowerPreventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly,I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing
Boris Grushenko Woody Allen in "Love and Death"The key here, I think, is to not think of death as an end. But, but, think of it more as a very effective way of cutting down on your expenses.
UnknownGeorge Washington not only chopped down his father`s cherry tree, but he also admitted doing it. Now, do you know why his father didn`t punish him? Because George still had the axe in his hand
Unknown"Political economy" is a phrase consisting of two incompatible words
TacitusThe worst crimes were dared by a few,willed by more and tolerated by all
HaldaneI`ve never met a healthy person who worried much about his health or a good person who worried much about his soul
E. Merrill RootMan is only happy as he finds a work worth doing, and does it well
VoltaireI have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it
James MadisonAll men having power ought to be mistrusted
Simon CameronAn honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought
BuddhaI never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done
Tom DaschleThis president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war
Woody AllenHis lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.
Dr. Ivan ElandThe best defense is no offense
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe demands of internal growth are incomparably more important to us,than the need for any external expansion of our power
George Edward WoodberryDefeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure
Anthony GregoryThe real triumph of civilization is the extent to which coercion is banished from human relations
Luciano PavarottiLearning music by reading about it is like making love by mail
George W. BushOur nation is somewhat sad,but were angry. Theres a certain level of blood lust,but we wont let it drive our reaction. Were steady,clear-eyed and patient,but pretty soon well have to start displaying scalps
Colonel James A. Donovan,Marine CorpsThe dangerous patriot,is a defender of militarism and its ideals of war and glory
VoltaireIt is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong
Albert EinsteinGod always takes the simplest way
Marquis de SadeLet not your zeal to share your principles entice you beyond your borders
Woody AllenAs the poet said, `Only God can make a tree` -- probably because it`s so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.
George WashingtonThe constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure
Rear Admiral Gene R. LaRocqueI hate it when they say,He gave his life for his country. They dont die for the honor and glory of their country. We kill them
Paul ValeryAn artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it
Jorge Luis BorgesAny time something is written against me, I not only share the sentiment but feel I could do the job far better myself. Perhaps I should advise would-be enemies to send me their grievances beforehand, with full assurance that they will receive my every aid and support. I have even secretly longed to write, under a pen name, a merciless tirade against myself
James BondBond. James Bond.
Jess LairJoy is not in things, it is in us
Alfred E. WiggamA conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time
Jonathan LarsonThe opposite of war is not peace,it`s creation
Clarence DarrowTrue patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else
Martin Luther King,Jr.The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort,but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy
Albert EinsteinCommon sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Napoleon HillWar grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man
Jim GarrisonI`m afraid,based on my own experience,that fascism will come to America in the name of national security
James MadisonA people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives
Dwight D. EisenhowerTogether we must learn how to compose difference,not with arms,but with intellect and decent purpose
Albert EinsteinThe release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one
Juan C. MustelierFreedom is to understand,and to be unbounded by that freedom
Hannah ArendtThe chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error
Ronald ReaganGovernment`s first duty is to protect the people,not run their lives
Albert EinsteinGreat spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds
Doug HortonBe your own hero, it`s cheaper than a movie ticket
Blanche DuBoisI have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
Woody AllenEighty percent of success is showing up.
Lord ActonWhere you have a concentration of power in a few hands,all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control
Mark TwainA man cannot be comfortable without his own approval
Harry TrumanMen make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better
Bette DavisI`d marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars,would sign over half to me,and guarantee that he`d be dead within a year
Thomas ChattertonThere is a time for all things,except marriage,my dear
Dwight D. EisenhowerHow far can you go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without
E. B. WhiteThe time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war
BuddhaA jug fills drop by drop
Lewis GrizzardInstead of getting married again,I`m going to find a woman I don`t like and give her a house
Alfred HitchcockFor me,the cinema is not a slice of life,but a piece of cake
J. B. PriestleyComedy,we may say,is society protecting itself,with a smile
SophoclesIt is the merit of a general to impart good news,and to conceal the truth
Woody AllenI took a speed reading course and read `War and Peace` in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
Mark TwainEach man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong,which course is patriotic and which isn`t
Helen RowlandA husband is what is left of a lover,after the nerve has been extracted
Barbara TuchmanWar is the unfolding of miscalculations
Joan CrawfordNo wire hangers, ever!"[26]
Bertrand RussellNo one gossips about other people`s secret virtues.
Thornton WilderMarriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she`s a householder
Mark TwainLoyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul
Woodrow WilsonTo fight,you must be brutal and ruthless,and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life..
Alfred HitchcockIn films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man
Thomas JeffersonThe most successful war seldom pays for its losses
Sophia BushMarriage is not about age; it`s about finding the right person
Ron PaulIf you sacrifice liberty for security,you will lose both
Jose NaroskyIn war,there are no unwounded soldiers
I. F. StoneEvery government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed
Ludwig von MisesA lasting order cannot be established by bayonets
Lao TzuViolence,even well intentioned,always rebounds upon oneself
Juliana HatfieldIf you want to achieve things in life,you`ve just got to do them,and if you`re talented and smart,you`ll succeed
Evan ThomasWars should be over in three days or less,and the American people must be all for it from the outset
Marie BeyleThe shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same
Albert EinsteinAll religions,arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.
William ShakespeareIt is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves
George Bernard ShawIt is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid
Albert EinsteinGod may be subtle,but he isn`t plain mean
James MadisonThe means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home
Jimmy BuffettIf we couldn`t laugh, we`d all go insane
Frank CarsonI don`t think my wife likes me very much,when I had a heart attack she wrote for an ambulance
Doug HortonIf it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy , he`ll know what to do with it
Alexander PopeThey dream in courtship,but in wedlock wake
Sarah BellumIf you support any offensive war,consider yourself just as culpable of murder as the most insane serial killer
Victor HugoThe supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved
Jean-Paul Sartre,Uncalled-for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population..
Beverly SillsIn youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us
Bob HopeI don`t feel old. I don`t feel anything till noon. That`s when it`s time for my nap
Woody AllenLife is divided into the horrible and the miserable.
Anna FrankIn spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart
Jean AnouilhEvery man thinks god is on his side
David EpsteinI`m left on the right issues and right on what`s left. Now that`s an issue I left right in front of you to debate
Albert EinsteinA perfection of means,and confusion of aims,seems to be our main problem.
UnknownBetter to light a candle than to curse the darkness
Mahatma GandhiWas not war itself a crime against God and humanity,and therefore,were not all those who sanctioned,engineered and conducted wars,war criminals
Noam ChomskyThere are many terrorist states in the world,but the United States is unusual in that it is officially committed to international terrorism
George Bernard ShawA lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth
George OrwellDuring times of universal deceit,telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act
Samuel AdamsHow strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words
George EliotA prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions
Dr. Wayne DyerConflict cannot survive without your participation
General Douglas MacArthurIn war,as it is waged now,with the enormous losses on both sides,both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide
Silas BentHarmony seldom makes a headline
Groucho MarxAlimony is like buying hay for a dead horse
Fred AllenAll I know about humor is that I don`t know anything about it
William JamesBelieve that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact
Edmund BurkeTyrants seldom want pretexts
Alexander HamiltonThose who stand for nothing fall for anything
Jessamyn WestA taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor,for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself
Groucho MarxAnyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot
Satchel PaigeHow old would you be if you didn`t know how old you are?
Leo BuscagliaA single rose can be my garden,a single friend,my world
James FallowsAlways write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them
Michel de MontaigneA good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband
Robin CookThere were no international terrorists in Iraq until we went in. It was we who gave the perfect conditions in which Al Qaeda could thrive
Ralph Waldo EmersonFor every minute you remain angry,you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind
Walter LippmannIt is perfectly true that the government is best which governs least. It is equally true that the government is best which provides most
BuddhaHe who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes
Charles de Secondat,baron de MontesquieuA rational army would run away
Albert CamusIt is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners
Michael Corleone from "The Godfather: Part III"Politics and crime are the same thing
Charles V of FranceName me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball
Vera BrittainModern war and modern civilisation are utterly incompatible,one or the other must go
BuddhaBetter than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace
Patricia SunWar is a failure of human intelligence
Benjamin FranklinA highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang as when single; and a nation that makes an unjust war is only a great gang
Golda MeirThere`s no difference between one`s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It`s exactly the same thing,or even worse
Ralph Waldo EmersonAll life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better
John SteinbeckA journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it
Abraham LincolnAllow the president to invade a neighboring nation,whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purposeand you allow him to make war at pleasure
H. L. MenckenThe whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins,all of them imaginary
Senator John TaylorNational defense is the usual pretext for the policy of fleecing the people
UnknownA political campaign starts when a politician stops working and goes about making speeches about all the work he intends to do
James BaldwinI love America more than any other country in the world and,exactly for this reason,I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually
Georges ClemenceauIt is far easier to make war than peace
Martin Luther King,Jr.The chain reaction of evil--wars producing more wars -- must be broken,or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation
Colin PowellGet mad,then get over it
Friedrich Hebbel,German poet and dramatistGovernments have never learned anything from history,or acted on principles deducted from it
Thomas PainePeace,which costs nothing,is attended with with infinitely more advantage than any victory with all its expence
Congressman Ron PaulSetting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms
Dr. SquidIn the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king... and the one-eyed man with the high heels and the feather boa is queen
Thomas JeffersonThe spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive
Theodore RooseveltPatriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official..
R. Buckminster FullerWar is the ultimate tool of politics
A. Philip RandolphMake wars unprofitable and you make them impossible
Jonathan Lockwood HuieFriendship often leads to love,but lust seldom lead to friendship
Alfred AdlerOur modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy
Carl P. G. von ClausewitzWar is not an independent phenomenon,but the continuation of politics by different means
Woody AllenIt is impossible to experience one`s death objectively and still carry a tune.
Thomas della PerutaOur children are not born to hate,they are raised to hate
Ramman KenounA man who kills on his own is a murderer. A man who kills at his government`s request is a national hero
Robert F. KennedyThis much is clear: violence breeds violence,repression brings retaliation,and only a cleansing of our whole society can remove this sickness from our soul
Mark TwainBe good and you will be lonesome
Bertrand RussellI think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn`t wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
Terence Trent D`ArbyArt is anything you can get away with
UnknownLiberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.... While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it
Pope BenedictThe truth of Christ is the full and authentic response to that human desire for relationship,communion and meaning,which is reflected in the immense popularity of social networks
Thomas JeffersonThey are nations of eternal war. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labor,property,and lives of their people
Paul JonesDo not scorn the person who is perpetually happy. He does know something you don`t
Ronald ReaganPeace is not absence of conflict,it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means
Sam EwingInflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair
Martin Luther King,Jr.The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America
VoltaireI advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left
Edward AbbeyOur "neoconservatives" are neither new nor conservative,but old as Babylon and evil as Hell
Arthur HoppeOld men declare war because they have failed to solve complex political and economic problems
Martin Luther King,Jr.Nothing good ever comes of violence
Donald RumsfeldThere are a lot of people who lie and get away with it,and that`s just a fact
Arnold H. GlasowA true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down
Ruth RendellI`ve had two proposals since I`ve been a widow. I am a wonderful catch,you know. I have a lot of money
Agatha ChristieOne is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one
Alfred AdlerIt is always easier to fight for ones principles than to live up to them
General Douglas MacArthurAlways there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it
Groucho MarxI never forget a face,but in your case I`ll be glad to make an exception
Mahatma GandhiThere is no way to peace. Peace is the way
François-August RodinI choose a block of marble and chop off everything I don`t need
Groucho MarxI was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury
John Stuart MillThe 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
Randolph BourneWar is the Health of the State
Peter UstinovComedy is simply a funny way of being serious
General Omar N. BradleyWar: A wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization
BuddhaHatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule
Albert EinsteinAny intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex,It takes a touch of genius,and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
André RoussinIf you love something, turn it loose. If it doesn`t come back, kill it!
Anton Pavlovich ChekhovIf there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last
Edward EverettEducation is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army
Bertrand RussellThe main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as means to other things, are knowledge, art, instinctive happiness, and relations of friendship or affection.
Noam ChomskyTo some degree it matters who`s in office,but it matters more how much pressure they`re under from the public
Albert EinsteinAny man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
MenciusFriendship is one mind in two bodies
Alfred HitchcockI never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle
Doug HortonBeauty is variable, ugliness is constant
Rick DellaRattaWhen we fill our souls up with creativity,artistry and intelligence ,we have a better chance at avoiding the behavior that leads to destruction
Gilbert K. ChestertonMarriage is an adventure,like going to war
The 9/11 Commission ReportThe Department of Defense is the behemoth,With an annual budget larger than the gross domestic product of Russia,it is an empire
Thomas MannWar is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace
Brendan BehanThe terrorist is the one with the small bomb
Pat BuchananIf we don`t stop behaving like the British Empire,we will end up like the British Empire
Ernest HemingwayNo weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one
Max LucadeConflict is inevitable,but combat is optional
Carol Sobieski and Thomas MeehanHow lucky I am to have someone that makes saying goodbye so hard
Pam BrownA friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small,silly presents every so often,just to save it from drying out completely
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynViolence can only be concealed by a lie,and the lie can only be maintained by violence
Albert EinsteinEveryone should be respected as an individual,but no one idolized
Ella BakerMy theory is,strong people don`t need strong leaders
H. H. MunroHe is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death
Michel de MontaigneIf there is such a thing as a good marriage,it is because it resembles friendship rather than love
Woody AllenIt is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one`s hat keeps blowing off.
Rodney DangerfieldIt`s tough to stay married. My wife kisses the dog on the lips,yet she won`t drink from my glass
Ralph BuncheThere are no warlike people--just warlike leaders
K. W. IbrahimThe war on terrorism is akin to the war on drugsunwinable,unless you kill everyoneor address the root causes
Michael GillespieGood intentions will always be pleaded for any assumption of power
Senator Barbara BoxerIraq was a war of choice,not necessity
H. L. MenckenBachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn`t they`d be married too
BuddhaChaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence
Alfred AdlerWar is organized murder and torture against our brothers
Mark TwainLook at you in war,There has never been a just one,never an honorable one,on the part of the instigator of the war
Mignon McLaughlinIf you made a list of reasons why any couple got married,and another list of the reasons for their divorce,you`d have a hell of a lot of overlapping
Mahatma GandhiI object to violence because when it appears to do good,the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent
John F. KennedyUnconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes,can no longer be of concern to great powers alone
Don MarquisAge is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough
Willard GaylinExpressing anger is a form of public littering
Simone WeilWhat a country calls its vital,interests are not things that help its people live,but things that help it make war
General Smedley ButlerThere are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket
Ludwig von MisesWar can really cause no economic boom,at least not directly,since an increase in wealth never does result from destruction of goods
Hannah ArendtThe practice of violence,like all action,changes the world,but the most probable change is a more violent world
Groucho MarxFrom the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down,I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it
Woody AllenI am at two with nature.
Henry Louis MenckenA home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it
Patricia Sun[War] comes from an immature style of thinking where creativity and overview is scarce
David FriedmanThe direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations
Woody AllenIf only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.
Ronald ReaganPeople do not make wars; governments do
Ludwig von MisesWhoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism
Molly IvinsBad policies, stupid policies, gutless policies have real consequences
Rocky BalboaYo, Adrian!
Ronald ReaganThe defense policy of the United States is based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights. We will never be an aggressor
General Smedley Butler USMC,Ret.My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military
G. K. ChestertonA man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over,is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen
Pedro Calderon de la BarcaWhen love is not madness,it is not love
Mary Roberts RinehartI hate those men who would send into war youth to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those old men,making their wars that boys must die
Bertrand RussellWar does not determine who is right,only who is left
Katherine CebrianI don`t even butter my bread; I consider that cooking
William Graham SumnerIf [America] becomes militant,it will be because its people choose to become such; it will be because they think that war and warlikeness are desirable
BuddhaHealth is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship
Bertrand RussellMany people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynEven if we are spared destruction by war,our lives will have to change if we want to save life from self-destruction
Mark TwainMan is the only animal that blushes , or needs to
Alice Duer MillerContempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one`s own despised and unwanted feelings
Albert EinsteinAs far as I`m concerned,I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.
Pablo PicassoAction is the foundational key to all success
Gary WillsOnly the winners decide what were war crimes
Samuel ButlerAll animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it
Bertrand RussellThe place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
Sydney J. HarrisAlmost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage
Albert EinsteinThe world is a dangerous place,not because of those who do evil,but because of those who look on and do nothing
Marcus AureliusLook back over the past,with its changing empires that rose and fell,and you can foresee the future,too
Barbara BushWhy should we hear about body bags,and deaths,I mean,it`s not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that
Mary SchmichLike many women my age,I am 28 years old
Ludwig von MisesThe worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments
Benjamin FranklinWhen will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration
Bertrand RussellEither man will abolish war,or war will abolish man
Edmond Jules GoncourtA painting in a museum probably hears more foolish remarks than anything else in the world
Robert Higgs,History shows that ,(people can be deflected from their natural tendencies by artful propaganda,bogus crises,or other political trickery
Bertrand RussellOur great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man.
William PittNecessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves
Bertrand RussellScience may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
Mary AstellBut,alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?
Ramman KenounHumanity is quite a unique species,since it is the only one with the means to wipe itself out
Olavo de CavarlhoSome explanations of a crime are not explanations: they`re part of the crime
Groucho MarxI won`t belong to any organization that would have me as a member
Oscar WildeWho,being loved,is poor
Alexis de TocquevilleNo protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country
Johan Christoph SchillerA merely fallen enemy may rise again,but the reconciled one is truly vanquished
Leo TolstoyIn all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments,the governments alone,independent of the interests of the people,to whom war is always pernicious even when successful
Elbert HubbardAn enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you
Joseph A. SchumpeterOur poverty will be brought home to us to its full extent only after the war
David HumeThe heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny..
General Smedley ButlerWar is just a racket,I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else
Stephen FryI feel sorry for straight men. The only reason women will have sex with them is that sex is the price they are willing to pay for a relationship with a man,which is what they want
George Jean NathanBad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote
General Omar N. BradleyOurs is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants
David FrostDon`t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in,and it will come naturally
Albert EinsteinAnger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
Alfred AdlerTo all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman
John Greenleaf WhittierPeace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew
James MadisonThe power to declare war,including the power of judging the causes of war,is fully and exclusively vested in the legislature
Theodore RooseveltIt is unpatriotic not to tell the truth,whether about the president or anyone else
George W. BushIf this were a dictatorship,it`d be a heck of a lot easier,just so long as I`m the dictator
William WallaceEvery man dies. Not every man really lives
Daniel DennettHard reality has a way of cramping your style
Ron PaulDo they think if we destroy our freedoms for the terrorists they will no longer have a reason to attack us
Erich FrommLove many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe
Thomas PaineThat there are men in all countries who get their living by war,and by keeping up the quarrels of Nations is as shocking as it is true..
Dr. SquidHe who hesitates is probably smart... or maybe stapled to the floor
Tom StoppardIt`s better to be quotable than to be honest
Groucho MarxEither he`s dead or my watch has stopped
Francis BaconI will never be an old man. To me,old age is always 15 years older than I am
Marcus AureliusHow much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it
Simone de BeauvoirIf you live long enough,you`ll see that every victory turns into a defeat
Simone WeilThe great error of nearly all studies of war,has been to consider war as an episode in foreign policies,when it is an act of interior politics..
Ambrose BierceEulogy: Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead
BuddhaEven death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely
Woody AllenEternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.
Annie HallLa-dee-da, la-dee-da.
Karl KrausWar: first,one hopes to win,in the end,one is surprised that everyone has lost
EuripidesGod hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property,not seize it
David BrinkleyA successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him
Samuel GoldwynA verbal contract isn`t worth the paper it`s written on
Groucho MarxI don`t care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members
Thomas PaineHe who would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself
Anne Louise Germaine de StaelSearch for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty
General Douglas MacArthurIt is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear
Franklin Delano RooseveltIn politics,nothing happens by accident. If it happens,you can bet it was planned that way
Alexander PopeO peace! how many wars were waged in thy name
Ludwig von MisesThe root of the evil is not the construction of new,more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest
Cesare Enrico "Rico" BandelloMother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?
Jerry MaguireYou had me at hello.
Henry KissingerWhat political leaders decide,intelligence services tend to seek to justify
EdgarA. ShoaffA cynic is a person searching for an honest man, with a stolen lantern
Terry Liberty ParkerWhen people have friends and customers in other lands,they tend to take a dim view of their government dropping bombs on them
Ashleigh BrilliantI either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it
Brent DavisPeace is constructed,not fought for
Harry TrumanIt`s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it`s a depression when you lose yours
Martin Luther King,Jr.If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle,your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos
Bertrand RussellMathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.
Friedrich NietzscheIn individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule
Mother TeresaKind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless
Mark TwainI don`t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way
James BondA martini. Shaken, not stirred.
Robert E. LeeThe war,was an unnecessary condition of affairs,and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides
John V. LindsayThose who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order
Samuel GoldwynA hospital is no place to be sick
Daisaku IkedaPeace will be realized only by forging bonds of trust between people at the deepest level,in the depths of their very lives
Clifton Paul FadimanA sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke,and that the joke is oneself
John Kenneth GalbraithWar remains the decisive human failure
James MadisonWar,should only be declared by the authority of the people,instead of the government which is to reap its fruits
David Herbert LawrenceLife is ours to be spent, not saved
Dorothy ThompsonPeace,is the product of Faith,Strength,Energy,Will,Sympathy,Justice,Imagination,and the triumph of principle
Bob WellsFor every action, there is an equal and opposite government program
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionWhere ever you go, there you are.
Woody AllenMy one regret in life is that I am not someone else.
George OrwellWar against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it
Henk MiddelraadWar brings out the most negative emotional human responses on both sides
Robert Anton WilsonCynics regard everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regard everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves
Lydia SicherWars are inevitable,as long as we believe that wars are inevitable. The moment we don`t believe it anymore it is not inevitable
HoraceAnger is a short madness
Henri BarbusseTwo armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide
Mahatma GandhiAn eye for an eye makes us all blind
John LockeAll mankind,being all equal and independent,no one ought to harm another in his life,health,liberty or possessions
Eric AltermanHistory is replete with examples of empires mounting impressive military campaigns on the cusp of their impending economic collapse
Alan WattsWars based on principle are far more destructive,the attacker will not destroy that which he is after
HerodotusIn peace,sons bury their fathers; in war,fathers bury their sons
Ramman KenounIt is frightening how the actions of a single leader can have such drastic effects on the prestige of an entire nation
Leslie Richard GrovesPeople who talk of outlawing the atomic bomb are mistaken what needs to be outlawed is war
L.L. CastetterThe greatest protection against war is a well educated populace
Mark TwainAnger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured
Hugo Black,Supreme Court JusticeOnly a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government
Franklin D. RooseveltRepetition does not transform a lie into a truth
Bernard M. BaruchLet us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction
Groucho MarxI`d never join a club that would allow a person like me to become a member
Kin HubbardPeace has its victories no less than war,but it doesn`t have as many monuments to unveil
Marcus Tullius CiceroAs I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind
Thomas JeffersonWar,is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer
George OrwellFreedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows
Jeanette WintersonAfter every ``victory`` you have more enemies
William Ramsey ClarkThe greatest crime since World War II has been US foreign policy
Ramman KenounPatriotism lies not in blind obedience to authority,but in the desire to search for the truth
Woody AllenThe government is unresponsive to the needs of the little man. Under 5`7", it is impossible to get your congressman on the phone.
Salon Gahlin,Swedish authorThe fact that certain planets are uninhabited may very well derive from the fact that their nuclear scientist are more advanced than ours
Abba EbanHistory teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives
Det. Robert ThornSoylent Green is people!
Albert EinsteinBefore God we are all equally wise,and equally foolish.
David BorensteinTis nobler to lose honor to save the lives of men than it is to gain honor by taking them
Franklin Delano RooseveltA conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk
Henry KissingerIt`s not a matter of what is true that counts but a matter of what is perceived to be true
Bertrand RussellIt is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won`t go.
Pope John Paul IIHumanity should question itself,once more,about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war..
Benjamin HarrisonWe Americans have no commission from God to police the world
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe next war ,may well bury Western civilization forever
John F. KennedyWar will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today
Rita RudnerMy boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didn`t want him to
George H. W. BushI can tell you this: If Im ever in a position to call the shots,Im not going to rush to send somebody elses kids into a war
Mark TwainFew things are harder to put up with than a good example
Ronald ReaganOur reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will
UnknownA liberal is someone too poor to be a capitalist, and too rich to be a communist
Dwight D. EisenhowerThis world of ours,must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate,and be,instead,a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect
St. JeromeMarriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night
Thomas JeffersonWhen the people fear their government,there is tyranny; when the government fears the people,there is liberty
James RestonIn any war,the first casualty is common sense,and the second is free and open discussion
Bertrand RussellIt has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
John CoryWar is the tool of small-minded scoundrels who worship the death of others on the altar of their greed
Pope Paul VIIn youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day`s long
Knut HamsunIn old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past,we have arrived
Albert EinsteinA table,a chair,a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?
Pentagon Official unnamedIf we let people see that kind of thing,there would never again be any war
Lewis MumfordWar vies with magic in its efforts to get something for nothing..
Charles de Secondat,baron de MontesquieuThe tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy
Martin Luther King,Jr.I have condemned any organizer of war,regardless of his rank or nationality
H.L. MenkenWhen fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression
UnknownLove your enemies: they`ll go crazy trying to figure out what you`re up to
Charles De GaulleHow can you expect to govern a country that has two hundred and forty-six kinds of cheese
Doug LarsonA pun is the lowest form of humor,unless you thought of it yourself
Eddie CantorA wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers
Groucho MarxI find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set,I go into the other room and read a book
Fredric BastiatWhen goods don`t cross borders,soldiers will
George W. BushFree nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don`t attack each other. Free nations don`t develop weapons of mass destruction
Rev. William Sloane CoffinPatriotism at the expense of another nation is as wicked as racism at the expense of another race,Let us resolve to be patriots always,nationalists never
Mark Twain:Man is the only animal that blushes,or needs toMark Twain:I have never let my schooling interfere with my education
Mahatma GandhiWhat difference does it make to the dead,the orphans,and the homeless,whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy
Theodore RooseveltBehind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people
James WolcottEven the most piddling life is of momentous consequence to its owner
Arthur SchopenhauerEvery nation ridicules other nations , and all are right
Woody AllenI don`t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality by living forever
Harry Emerson FosdickI hate war for its consequences,for the lies it lives on and propagates,for the undying hatreds it arouses..
Woody AllenI was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.
Gone With The WindAfter all, tomorrow is another day!
Alfred AdlerWar is not the continuation of politics with different means,it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man
Lee HawkinsAll these nervous breakdowns are driving me crazy
Rosa LuxemburgThose who do not move,do not notice their chains
W. Somerset MaughamA man marries to have a home,but also because he doesn`t want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing
William Ellery ChanningThe cry has been that when war is declared,all opposition should be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated
GoetheThere is nothing more frightening than active ignorance
Loretta CastoriniSnap out of it!
Ramman KenounA tyrant has succeeded in his search for absolute power when his own people fear to question his actions
J. Paul GettyFormula for success: rise early,work hard,strike oil
BuddhaI do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act
Jeanette RankinYou can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake
Finley Peter DunneThe only good husbands stay bachelors: They`re too considerate to get married
Groucho MarxA woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke
Henry Ward BeecherA person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It`s jolted by every pebble on the road
Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war
Chaz BufeWar,n: A time-tested political tactic guaranteed to raise a presidents popularity rating by at least 30 points. It is especially useful during election years and economic downturns
Lucius Annaeus SenecaAnger,if not restrained,is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it
Calvin CoolidgeNo nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace,or ensure it of victory in time of war
Groucho MarxI intend to live forever,or die trying
Sun TzuAll warfare is based on deception
Abraham LincolnAlways bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other
Arthur Somers RocheAnxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained
Yes,Prime Minister UK TV ShowPoliticians` Logic: Something must be done,this is something,therefore we must do it
W. C. FieldsIf at first you don`t succeed,try,try again. Then quit. There`s no point in being a damn fool about it
George WashingtonArbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness
Ramman KenounThe only antidote to the poison of war is the public`s courage to disagree with their leader
Gregory ClarkAre bombs the only way of setting fire to the spirit of a people? Is the human will as inert as the past two world-wide wars would indicate
UnknownInsanity: a perfectly rational adjustment to the insane world
Thomas JeffersonThis I hope will be the age of experiments in government,and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty,not of mere force
Anthony J D`AngeloLearn not only to find what you like, learn to like what you find
George Bernard ShawCruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse,and pretense of reluctance
Ian BuckleySuspicion must always fall on those who attempt to silence their opponents
Pablo PicassoEvery child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist after one grows up
General Omar N. BradleyWe know more about war than we know about peace,more about killing than we know about living
Sigmund FreudCivilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another..
Fulton J. SheenBaloney is flattery so thick that it can not be true and blarney is flattery so thin that we like it
Roman Podabedov Russian anti-tank gunnerI learned nothing from war. War is not an activity for human beings; war is for criminalsrape,robbery and murder
Michael ServetusTo kill a man is not to defend a doctrine,but to kill a man
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your soulsLove one another but make not a bond of love
UnknownBeat your own and others will fear you
Gene FowlerHe has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it`s bottled
Joseph CiminoAn excuse is the mark of a moral coward
BuddhaAll that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him
Woody AllenI`m astounded by people who want to `know` the universe when it`s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.
Bertrand RussellGovernment can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.
Lt. General William E. Odom,US Army Ret.,Acts of terror have never brought down liberal democracies. Acts of parliament have closed a few
Albert EinsteinIt is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder
Kahlil GibranHe who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty
Adolf HitlerBy means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell , and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed
Albert EinsteinGravitation is not responsible for people falling in love
Henry Louis MenckenDemocracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard
UnknownDon`t tell any big lies today. Small ones can be just as effective
UnknownDon`t do whatever you like , like whatever you do
Alfred HitchcockBlondes make the best victims. They`re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints
Carl P. G. von ClausewitzPolitics is the womb in which war develops
VoltaireAll murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets
Mike Myers Austin Powers: GoldmemberYou might be a cunning linguist, but I am a master debater
Lord Walker of GestingthorpeWhether or not patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel,national security can be the last refuge of the tyrant
UnknownIn politics people work hard to get a job and do little after they get it
Dorothy ThompsonIt is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives
Gloria SteinemA woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
Karen HorneyFortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist
H.L. MenckenUnder democracy,one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule and both commonly succeed,and are right
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.We must pursue peaceful end through peaceful means
U Thant ,Burmese UN Secretary GeneralIn modern war there is no such thing as victor and vanquished,There is only a loser,and the loser is mankind
Louise BealLove thy neighbor as thyself, but choose your neighborhood
Sherlock HolmesElementary, my dear Watson.[23]
UnknownA diplomat is a man who can convince his wife she`d look stout in a fur coat
Chris HedgesIn war,we always deform ourselves,our essence
H. G. WellsA time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be,surer of the noose than a private homicide
Kahlil GibranWhere is the justice of political power if it,marches upon neighboring lands,killing thousands and pillaging the very hills
Bertrand RussellDo not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
James MadisonThe executive has no right,in any case,to decide the question,whether there is or is not cause for declaring war
Agatha ChristieAn archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her
John Fitzgerald KennedyAnd so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country
John F. KennedyThe basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution
Elizabeth KennyHe who angers you conquers you
Oscar LevantHappiness isn`t something you experience; it`s something you remember
Ernest HemingwayThey wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for ones country. But in modern war,there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason
J. Ramsay MacDonaldWe shall never be able to effect physical disarmament until we have succeeded in effecting moral disarmament
Moshe DayanIf you want to make peace,you don`t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies
Ramman KenounThe soldier`s main enemy is not the opposing soldier,but his own commander
John F. KennedyPeace is a daily,a weekly,a monthly process,gradually changing opinions,slowly eroding old barriers,quietly building new structures
George WashingtonMy first wish is to see this plague of mankind,war,banished from the earth
Ambrose BierceAcademe,n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy,n.: A modern school where football is taught
Havelock EllisMankind is becoming a single unit,and that for a unit to fight against itself is suicide
Frank ChodorovAll wars come to an end,at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates
Frank KentThe evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people
Harry CallahanGo ahead, make my day
Quintus Tullius CiceroDuring war,the laws are silent
George WashingtonGuard against the impostures of pretended patriotism
Ludwig von MisesThose who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom
Ralph Waldo EmersonAll diseases run into one,old age
Cyril ConnollyThe true index of a man`s character is the health of his wife
I love you not only for what you have made of yourself,but for what you are making of meI love you not only for what you are,but for what I am when I am with you
Thomas JeffersonPeace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy,and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it
Ludwig von MisesWar prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings
Ramman KenounIt`s truly ironic how self-proclaimed `patriots` have a tendency to support those who seek to undermine their country
Arthur SchopenhauerAll truth passes through three stages. First,it is ridiculed. Second,it is violently opposed. Third,it is accepted as being self-evident
BuddhaDo not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind
Will RogersAn ignorant person is one who doesn`t know what you have just found out
Mark TwainA classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody has read
C. S. LewisHow incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete
Nuremburg War TribunalTo initiate a war of aggression,is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole
James MadisonThe constitution supposes,what the History of all Governments demonstrates,that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war,and most prone to it
Jean Jacques RousseauMan is born free and everywhere he is in chains
Clyde BarrowWe rob banks.
Reese WitherspoonI think women are natural caretakers. They take care of everybody. They take care of their husbands and their kids and their dogs,and don`t spend a lot of time just getting back and taking time out
Sharon StoneWomen might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake a whole relationship
Groucho MarxI wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent,as written in our contract
Andre MauroisGrowing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form
General William WestmorelandVietnam was the first war ever fought without censorship. Without censorship,things can get terribly confused in the public mind
TacitusThe more corrupt the state,the more numerous the laws
Ludwig von MisesWars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being
Jean KerrBeing divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it,you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left
Albert CamusAlas,after a certain age every man is responsible for his face
Oscar WildeHow can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being
George W. BushVictory means exit strategy,and it`s important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is
ThucydidesI am not blaming those who are resolved to rule,only those who show an even greater readiness to submit
George W. BushI just want you to know that,when we talk about war,we`re really talking about peace
H. H. MunroA little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation
Dave BowmanOpen the pod bay doors, HAL.
Ramman KenounWar may be only temporary,but its toll remains permanently
John AdamsGreat is the guilt of an unnecessary war
Herbert V. ProchnowA visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of war
Thomas JeffersonI hope our wisdom will grow with our power,and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be
VoltaireI may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it
Michael ParentiThe enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments
Hugh SideyA sense of humor,is needed armor. Joy in one`s heart and some laughter on one`s lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life
Olaf StapledonA nation ... is just a society for hating foreigners
Edmund BurkeI venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people
E. M. ForsterMost quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards
Charley ReeseThe politicians in this world,have at their command weapons of mass destruction far more complex than their own thinking processes
Groucho MarxI,not events,have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead,tomorrow hasn`t arrived yet. I have just one day,today,and I`m going to be happy in it
Albert EinsteinAny man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
John TudorA rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way
Friedrich NietzscheWhen marrying,ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory
Noam ChomskyEverybody`s worried about stopping terrorism. Well,there`s a really easy way: stop participating in it
Mahatma GandhiLiberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood
Flannery O`ConnorEverywhere I go, I`m asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don`t stifle enough of them
Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonSharpness is a state of mind.
Groucho MarxI`m leaving because the weather is too good. I hate London when it`s not raining
Ralph Waldo EmersonA man`s growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends
Dwight D. EisenhowerWe must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence,whether sought or unsought,by the military-industrial complex
Caskie StinnettA diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip
SocratesAll wars are fought for money
Benjamin FranklinWars are not paid for in wartime,the bill comes later
Martin Luther KingAll men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality
Rick BlaineOf all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
Bennett CerfThe Atomic Age is here to stay--but are we
UnknownArt is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your response to life. It cannot be copied; it must be created
Marquis de SadeWhat is more immoral than war
K. K. V. CaseyWars frequently begin ten years before the first shot is fired
Katharine HepburnIf you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one,go ahead,get married
Ambrose BierceLove: A temporary insanity curable by marriage
George W. BushWe know that dictators are quick to choose aggression,while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace
John F. KennedyMankind must put an end to war,or war will put an end to mankind
Charlie ChaplinIn the end, everything is a gag
Mignon McLaughlinA sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles
Dale CarnegieDevelop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success
Rabindranath TagoreAge considers; youth ventures
Albert EinsteinDo not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater
General Stonewall JacksonIt is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten it. I have seen enough of it to make me look upon it as the sum of all evils
Michael CorleoneKeep your friends close, but your enemies closer.[19]
Marcus Tullius CiceroWhat is morally wrong can never be advantageous,even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage
AristotleFriendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies
Thomas JeffersonWar is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies,instead of indemnifying losses
Salvador DalìIt is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself
Thomas JeffersonPeace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects,and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted
Ronald ReaganProtecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing
UnknownCapitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth , communism is the equal distribution of poverty
BuddhaIn a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves
Yogi BerraEven Napoleon had his Watergate
Abraham LincolnForce is all-conquering,but its victories are short-lived
Albert EinsteinI am a deeply religious nonbeliever,this is a somewhat new kind of religion
Dwight D. EisenhowerWhen people speak to you about a preventive war,you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience,I have come to hate war
Ambrose BierceBigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain
Emily DickinsonI felt it shelter to speak to you
Joseph de MaistreEvery nation has the government it deserves
Albert EinsteinHe who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe,is as good as dead; his eyes are closed
Jack BennyGags die,humor doesn`t
Edward AbbeyA patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government
Bertrand RussellIf a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.
Martin Luther King IIIWe all have to be concerned about terrorism,but you will never end terrorism by terrorizing others
John Quincy AdamsAmerica does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all
Howard ZinnHow can you make a war on terror if war itself is terrorism
Edward GibbonAs long as mankind shall bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors,the thirst for military glory will remain the vice of the most exalted characters
Jimmy BuffettI`d rather die while I`m living than live while I`m dead
BuddhaAn insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body,but an evil friend will wound your mind
Robert H. JacksonIt is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error
Ellen KeyLove is moral even without legal marriage,but marriage is immoral without love
UnknownA real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works
Groucho MarxI refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
Joey AdamsA psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing
Lao TzuHow could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men
Tristan EggenerEven the the most tempting rose has thorns
William CongreveHeaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,nor hell a fury like a woman scorned
Kahlil GibranLove that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery
Garet GarrettThe winds that blow our billions away return burdened with themes of scorn and dispraise
Robert HiggsSince the end of the nineteenth century,if not earlier,presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war
Mark TwainWhy,the Government is merely,a temporary servant,Its function is to obey orders,not originate them
E. B. WhiteI arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day
Lily Lily TomlinMan invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain
Ramman KenounAll it takes is a single act of aggression to permanently wound a nation`s reputation
Alfred AdlerIt is easier to fight for one`s principles than to live up to them
Martin Luther King,Jr.We have guided missiles and misguided men
Bill VeeckBaseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes,even the best lawyer in the world can`t get you off
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynA state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny
George Bernard ShawEvery man over forty is a scoundrel
Andrew GreelySince the end of the World War II,the United States has fought three "small" wars,we lost all three of them and for the same reason--hubris
Mahatma GandhiTruth stands,even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained
Ambrose BierceAccuse: To affirm another`s guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged them
George JesselMarriage is a mistake every man should make
C. S. LewisOf all tyrannies,a tyranny exercised "for the good of its victims" may be the most oppressive
Randolph BourneOne keeps healthy in wartime,by a vigorous assertion of values in which war has no part
Ernie PyleFor me war has become a flat,black depression without highlights,a revulsion of the mind and an exhaustion of the spirit
Mark TwainDon`t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first
David BroderAnybody who wants the presidency so much that he`ll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office
Alexander BerkmanWar paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood
Abraham LincolnIf I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
Anthony J D`AngeloIf life doesn`t offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one
German proverbA great war leaves the country with three armies,an army of cripples,an army of mourners,and an army of thieves
UnknownAll extremists should be taken out and shot
George Bernard ShawA reasonable man adapts himself to suit his environment.An unreasonable man persists in attempting to adapt his environment to suit himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man
Ludwig von MisesWar,is harmful,not only to the conquered but to the conqueror
Denis DiderotFrom fanaticism to barbarism is only one step
Mohandas GandhiAnger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding
Lyndon B. JohnsonThe guns and the bombs,the rockets and the warships,are all symbols of human failure
General Stonewall JacksonPeople who are anxious to bring on war dont know what they are bargaining for; they dont see all the horrors that must accompany such an event
Herbert C. HooverOld men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die
George OrwellThe nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side,he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them
James Patrick MurrayBaseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion,a screwball can be a pitch or a person,stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire`s eye or on the ball
Jean Jacques RousseauFrequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government
Ludwig von MisesThe philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war
Frances ConroyMarriage is an exercise in torture
Albert EinsteinHuman beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it
Anton Pavlovich ChekhovAny idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out
Martin Luther King,Jr.The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today is my own government
Billy ConnollyMarriage is a wonderful invention: then again,so is a bicycle repair kit
Beverley NicholsMarriage,a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose
Benjamin FranklinThere never was a good war or a bad peace
Stan GoffWar technology is science in the service of obscene anatomical vandalism
Victor HugoPeace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime
Brigitte BardotIt is sad to grow old but nice to ripen
Mark TwainI am prepared to meet anyone, but whether anyone is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter
Barry GoldwaterYou`ve got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs,you`re going to hit civilians
Phillip CaputoI guess every generation is doomed to fight its war,suffer the loss of the same old illusions,and learn the same old lessons on its own
UnknownHere`s to your love, health, and wealth , and time to enjoy each
Nolan RyanBaseball life is a tough life on the family
Napoleon BonaparteWar is the business of barbarians
Samuel GoldwynLet`s have some new clichés
Daisaku IkedaIt is by fighting and triumphing over the enemies of the Buddha that we ourselves become Buddhas
Robert M. LaFolletteIf there is no sufficient reason for war,the war party will make war on one pretext,then invent another
T.S. EliotJustice itself tends to be corrupted by political passion
Robert A. TaftI do not believe any policy which has behind it the threat of military force is justified as part of the basic foreign policy of the United States except to defend the liberty of our own people
John GalsworthyWe are all familiar with the argument: Make war dreadful enough,and there will be no war. And we none of us believe it
Groucho MarxI remember the first time I had sex,I kept the receipt
Mark TwainGood breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person
Bruce SpringsteenBlind faith in your leaders or in anything will get you killed
Groucho MarxI`ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn`t it
Smedley ButlerWar is a racket
BuddhaAll wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
Richard BachHere is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you`re alive,it isn`t
John Fitzgerald KennedyIf a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich
Turkish ProverbNo road is long with good company
J. A. FroudeMen are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal
Jimmy CarterThere should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat
Scott RitterI`d like to think the best bunker buster is a diplomat
John Fitzgerald KennedyI look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty
Anaïs NinIf what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I will never know happiness. For I am possessed by a fever for knowledge, experience, and creation
Jeanette WintersonAfter every 'victory' you have more enemies
Oscar WildeA cynic is one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
Adolph HitlerMake the lie big,make it simple,keep saying it,and eventually they will believe it
William O. DouglasThe right to revolt has sources deep in our history
Mark TwainIt is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either
Abraham LincolnMilitary glory--that attractive rainbow,that rises in showers of blood--that serpent`s eye,that charms to destroy..
Ayn RandStatism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing
HoraceForce without judgement falls on its own weight
Ronald ReaganWe must realize that no arsenal,or no weapon in the arsenals of the world,is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women
Albert EinsteinCommon sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen
Marcus Tullius CiceroThe arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled,and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed,lest Rome fall
Samuel GoldwynIf I could drop dead right now, I`d be the happiest man alive
C.S. LewisDo not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did
Issac AsimovViolence is the last refuge of the incompetent
Mark TwainPatriotism is supporting your country all the time,and your governmant when it deserves it
Senator Robert M. La FolletteEvery nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to dominate absolutely
Georges CourtelineIt`s better to waste one`s youth than to do nothing with it at all
Albert EinsteinForce always attracts men of low morality
Ludwig von MisesSociety has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things
John Andrew HolmesYes,we love peace,but we are not willing to take wounds for it,as we are for war
Bertrand RussellIn all affairs it`s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
Thomas PaineIt is error only,and not truth,that shrinks from inquiry
BuddhaAn insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind
Marshall McLuhanI don`t necessarily agree with everything I say
Elvis PresleyWhen I get married,it`ll be no secret
General Omar BradleyAs far as I am concerned,war itself is immoral
General Smedley ButlerWar is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest,easily the most profitable,surely the most vicious
Groucho MarxA hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running
George ByronAll who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin
Doug HortonBuying a lie is one thing, giving it away for free is quite another
Alan KingIf you want to read about love and marriage,you`ve got to buy two separate books
GandhiI do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any
Phil JacksonApproach the game with no preset agendas and you`ll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts
Woody AllenIt seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.
Ayn RandDo not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives
Albert EinsteinPeace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding
Mark TwainMan is the only animal that is cruel. It kills just for the sake of it
Marcus Tullius CiceroAdvice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey`s end
Samuel HazoExpect everything, and anything seems nothing. Expect nothing, and anything seems everything
Alphonse KarrLove in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream,and not,as it too often is,the end
Garet GarrettIs it security you want? There is no security at the top of the world
Marcus Tullius CiceroThe more laws,the less justice
Rep. Wally HergerWhy should you ask blood be spilled for a cause that is not in the interest of the American people
Francis BaconI will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am
Rodrigue TremblayThe world should take notice when someone,with a fanatic mind and with powerful means,receives his marching orders from Heaven
Thomas JeffersonBe polite to all, but intimate with few
Lewis MumfordWar is both the product of an earlier corruption,and a producer of new corruptions
Groucho MarxI didn`t like the play. But I saw it under unfavorable circumstances , the curtains were up
Dwight D. EisenhowerMay we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion
Guy de MaupassantEvery government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship`s captain has to avoid a shipwreck
David L. WilsonWar creates peace like hate creates love
Arthur "Cody" JarrettMade it, Ma! Top of the world!
Dwight D. EisenhowerWar settles nothing
Groucho MarxI worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty
Jean -Luc GodardKilling a man in defense of an idea is not defending an idea; it is killing a man
Jean-Paul SartreEverything has been figured out,except how to live
James H. BorenA dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together
MontesquieuAn empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war
Robert Louis StevensonEvery heart that has beat strong and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind
UnknownA man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child
Oriana FallaciHave you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient
Logan KodyszHow does one prevail in war? Both sides have already lost
Woody AllenInterestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought-- particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.
Mary HowittHe is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower
Joe GaragiolaBaseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast
Robert E. LeeWhat a cruel thing is war,to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors,and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world
General Colin PowellI want to scare the hell out of the rest of the world
Ramman KenounGood leaders serve the interests of their people,while unfit leaders exploit their citizens to serve their own
William ShakespeareO,it is excellent To have a giants strength! But it is tyrannous To use it like a giant
Prince MontecuccoliTo wage war,you need first of all money; second,you need money,and third,you also need money
Oscar WildeA man can`t be too careful in the choice of his enemies
Katherine MansfieldI always felt that the great high privilege,relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing
SpinozaPeace is not the absence of war; it is a virtue; a state of mind; a disposition for benevolence; confidence; and justice
Anthony GregoryBrute force is not our salvation,especially as directed by State central planning and done with little regard for the innocents..
John T. FlynnImperialism is an institution under which one nation asserts the right to seize the land or at least to control the government or resources of another people
Butler ShafferThe state has,in order to control us,introduced division into our thinking,so that we come to distrust others and look to the state for protection
Antoine De Saint-ExuperyWar is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus
Bill VaughanEconomists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man`s lifetime income - which he then spends sending his son to college
Bill CosbyLike everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries
Dwight D. EisenhowerDisarmament,with mutual honor and confidence,is a continuing imperative
Woody AllenI don`t want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.
FA Hayek`Emergencies` have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded
Napoleon BonaparteThere are only two powers in the world: the sword and the mind. In the long run,the sword is always defeated by the mind
Victor HugoForty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age
William Arthur WardAdversity causes some men to break; others to break records
Wayne GretzkyA good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be
Henry T. LaurencyIt is for us to refuse loyalty when injustice holds sway
Pope John Paul IIWill . . . the threat of common extermination continue?. . . Must children receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance
George Bernard ShawMarriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can`t sleep with the window shut,and a woman who can`t sleep with the window open
Woody AllenOrganized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies.
UnknownAnarchy may not be a better form of government, but it`s better than no government at all
Robert Lee FrostJury: Twelve people who determine which client has the better lawyer
George Bernard ShawDemocracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few
Vassilis EpaminondouIf you kill one person you are a murderer. If you kill ten people you are a monster. If you kill ten thousand you are a national hero
David MerrickIt`s not enough that I should succeed,others should fail
Helen RowlandIt isn`t tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying; it`s separating himself from all the others
Mark TwainFiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn`t
J. Ramsay MacDonaldWe have all taken risks in the making of war. Isn`t it time that we should take risks to secure peace
Elvis PresleyI don`t know anything about music. In my line you don`t have to
Jonathan WintersI couldn`t wait for success,so I went ahead without it
Groucho MarxGo,and never darken my towels again
Sen. J. William Fulbright Ark.The price of empire is Americas soul,and that price is too high
Robert OrbenIllegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian
Blaise PascalCan anything be more ridiculous than that a man has a right to kill me because he lives on the other side of the water,and because his ruler has quarrel with mine,although I have none with him
Enoch PowellHistory is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen
James BrycePatriotism consists not in waving the flag,but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong
Theodore RooseveltTo announce that there must be no criticism of the president,is morally treasonable to the American public
Elbert HubbardIf a feller says, "It`s not the money, it`s the principle of the thing," it`s the money
Bill VaughanEconomists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man`s lifetime income,which he then spends sending his son to college
Samuel GoldwynI don`t want any "yes-men" around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs
Bertrand RussellA stupid man`s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
Jamaican ProverbBefore you marry keep both eyes open; after marriage shut one
Percy Bysshe ShelleyMan has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder
Ludwig von MisesMen are fighting,because they are convinced that the extermination of adversaries is the only means of promoting their own well-being
Alfred HitchcockAlways make the audience suffer as much as possible
Alfred AdlerDistorted history boasts of bellicose glory . . . and seduces the souls of boys to seek mystical bliss in bloodshed and in battles
Sigmund FreudCivilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock
Kaleel JamisonRelationships,of all kinds,are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely,with an open hand,the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly to hold on,the sand trickles through your fingers. You may hold onto some of it,but most will be spilled. A relationship is like that. Held ,loosely,with respect and freedom for the other person,it is likely to remain intact. But hold too tightly,too possessively,and the relationship slips away and is lost
George HerbertLiving well is the best revenge
Lou GehrigToday, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.[13]
James MadisonThe loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger,real or imagined,from abroad
Johnny CashThe hardest thing for me in Vietnam wasn`t seeing the wounded and dead. It was watching the big transport jets come in,bringing loads of fresh new boys for the war
Garrison KeillorGod writes a lot of comedy,the trouble is,he`s stuck with so many bad actors who don`t know how to play funny
Albert EinsteinUnthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth
Bette MidlerI never know how much of what I say is true
J. Edgar HooverJustice is incidental to law and order
Senator Robert M. La FolletteBefore the war is ended,the war party assumes the divine right to denounce and silence all opposition to war as unpatriotic and cowardly
Robert FrostA diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman`s birthday but never remembers her age.
Henri Frederic AmielI`m not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You`re as old as you feel
George W. BushI think war is a dangerous place
BuddhaDo not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment
Ken GillespieWar doesn`t make boys men,it makes men dead
Ramman KenounKilling someone is the ultimate crime,while on the other hand,killing someone in uniform is fulfillment of duty
Umberto EcoBut now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma,a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth
Star WarsMay the force be with you.
Mae WestHe`s the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of
Earl WilsonIf you think nobody cares if you`re alive, try missing a couple of car payments
Steve HenthornLearn from the past. Look to the future. Live in the present
Dwight D. EisenhowerYou can`t have this kind of war. There just aren`t enough bulldozers to scrape the bodies off the streets
Michael HallFollow not the person carrying flag nor sword,for they will invariably lead you to a cliff and a mighty fall
Serj TankianWe first fought,in the name of religion,then Communism,and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change
George OrwellIf you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever
UnknownCynics are made, not born
Salvador de MadariagaNo one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies
Groucho MarxMilitary justice is to justice what military music is to music
BuddhaDo not dwell in the past,do not dream of the future,concentrate the mind on the present moment
Chris HedgesWar in the end is always about betrayal,betrayal of the young by the old,of soldiers by politicians,and of idealists by cynics
Frederick the GreatIf my soldiers were to begin to think,not one of them would remain in the army
Peter WastholmAll humans are hypocrites; the biggest hypocrite of all is the one who claims to detest hypocrisy
Albert EinsteinFew are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts
Pyrrhus of EpirusOne more such victory and we are undone
Colonel James A. Donovan,Marine CorpsThe dangerous patriot,drifts into chauvinism and exhibits blind enthusiasm for military actions
Elbert HubbardIf you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive
Carol BurnettComedy is tragedy plus time
George Jacob HolyoakeThere can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth
Jean Jacques RousseauFree people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost
Norman CousinsWhere is the indignation about the fact that the US and USSR have thirty thousand pounds of destructive force for every human being in the world
Thomas PaineWar is the gambling table of governments,and citizens the dupes of the game
Ronald ReaganA people free to choose will always choose peace
Richard O`BrienI`ve been cushioned against having to work, with Rocky`s continual bounty
Thomas PaineAn army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot
Walter ScottWar is the only game in which both sides lose
Jean Jaques RousseauMan was/is born free,and everywhere he is in chains. One who believes himself the master of others is nonetheless a greater slave than they
George OrwellThe essential act of war is destruction,not necessarily of human lives,but of the products of human labor
Albert EinsteinAnyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Thomas JonesFriends may come and go, but enemies accumulate
Henry Ward BeecherWell married a person has wings,poorly married shackles
Russell Crowe NashFind a truly original idea. It is the only way I will ever distinguish myself. It is the only way I will ever matter.
David CrossYou cannot win a War on Terrorism. Its like having a war on jealousy
Thomas JeffersonI abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind
Otto von BismarckPreventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death
Carl SandburgI`m an idealist. I don`t know where I`m going, but I`m on my way
Marcus Tullius CiceroThe mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious
Bertrand RussellLife is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
Helen KellerBe not dumb,obedient slaves in an army of destruction! Be heroes in an army of construction
Henry David ThoreauHeaven is under our feet as well as over our heads
Henry Havelock EllisThere is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it
Albert EinsteinConcern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.
Elbert HubbardA friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same
William CowperWar`s a game,which,were their subjects wise,Kings would not play at
Henk MiddelraadEmphasis on military prowess is an indication of philosophical poverty
Ted WilliamsBaseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer
P. J. O`RourkeAll lies are told with a straight face. It is truth that`s said with a dismissive giggle
AristotleBashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age
Prince Nicholas RomanoffFriendships develop over food and wine
George W. BushOur enemies are innovative and resourceful,They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people,and neither do we
James CarrollWe carefully nurture a spirit of detachment toward the wars we pay for
Luther BurbankI don`t feel good
William Graham SumnerIf you want war,nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men ever are subject..
Noam ChomskyYou never need an argument against the use of violence,you need an argument for it
Colin ChapmanThe secret of a successful marriage is not to be at home too much
Jimmy CarterWe will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other`s children
Woody AllenBasically my wife was immature. I`d be at home in the bath and she`d come in and sink my boats
Groucho MarxGetting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough
Barbara JordanWhat the people want is very simple,they want an America as good as its promise
Ente GrillenhaftThe first casualty of war is not truth,but perspective. Once that`s gone,truth,like compassion,reason,and all the other virtues,wanders around like a wounded orphan
Robert FrostA diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman`s birthday but never remembers her age
John LennonIf everyone demanded peace instead of another television set,then there`d be peace
John Adams composerThe real fabric of American society is not all those flags you see on people`s cars,it`s in the Bill of Rights and in our constitutional form of government
Robert AndersonIn every marriage more than a week old,there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find,and continue to find,grounds for marriage
Albert EinsteinA person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Maya AngelouBitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean
Gore VidalA narcissist is someone better looking than you are
Rod TidwellShow me the money!
Groucho MarxBefore I speak,I have something important to say
William JamesCommon sense and a sense of humor are the same thing,moving at different speeds;A sense of humor is just common sense,dancing
Walter GoodmanCorruption is no stranger to Washington; it is a famous resident
Dr. Teresa Whitehurst"Rules of engagement" are a set of guidelines for murder
Marshall LumsdenAt no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his thumb with a hammer
C. S. LewisFriendship is unnecessary,like philosophy,like art,It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival
P. J. O`RourkeAlways read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it
John KeatingCarpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
Patrick J. BuchananNo one has deputized America to play Wyatt Earp to the world
Capt. Louis RenaultRound up the usual suspects.
Sid CaesarComedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end
Oscar WildeA thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it
Woody AllenHow can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
Stefan Halper and Jonathan ClarkeOne reason the United States finds itself at the edge of a foreign policy disaster is its underinformed citizenry,a key weakness in democracy
James WolcottIts one thing to fight for what you believe in,another thing to fight for what others believe in
Justin RaimondoWe have to show the American People that war is not patriotic
Robert LyndThe belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions
Daniel GolemanSocieties can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness
Patricia SunWar comes from our being immature,fearful,and injured,and not being able to concieve of other ways of solving problems
Samuel JohnsonDictionaries are like watches: the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true
Jorge Luis BorgesMir Bahadur Ali is, as we have seen, incapable of evading the most vulgar of art`s temptations: that of being a genius
David LloydYou are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace cannot advance over a road littered with cannon
Herman GoeringThe people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders,tell them they are being attacked,and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger
Dale CarnegieFlaming enthusiasm,backed up by horse sense and persistence,is the quality that most frequently makes for success
Doug HortonIf the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?
Russell BakerUsually,terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all,but just terrible things
Alfred HitchcockGive them pleasure,the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare
Muhammad AliFriendship,is not something you learn in school. But if you haven`t learned the meaning of friendship,you really haven`t learned anything
Alice Duer MillerA child too,can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well,is so concerned about his cough,and helps so kindly with his homework,in some circumstance has no more feeling than a wall of his hidden inner world
Groucho MarxI have a mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it
Ramman KenounIn war,there are no winners
Leo TolstoyWe must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state,but we must desire its decrease,its weakening..
H. L. MenckenThe urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it
Bert Leston TaylorA bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you
Albert CamusThe welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants
Mary SchmichLike many women my age, I am 28 years old
Dalai LamaAll forms of violence,especially war,are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations,groups and persons
Ludwig von MisesThe essence of so-called war prosperity; it enriches some by what it takes from others. It is not rising wealth but a shifting of wealth and income
Thomas HobbesForce and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues
Ken GillespieI am not against all wars--just whichever is current
Ambrose BierceAlliance: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted into each others` pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third
Richard MayburyWashington,has become an alien city-state that rules America,and much of the rest of the world,in the way that Rome ruled the Roman Empire
Eldridge CleaverAll the gods are dead except the god of war
George Bernard ShawMan is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid,There is no harm in a well-fed lion. It has no ideals,no sect,no party..
Lord ActonEverything secret degenerates,even the administration of justice
Alfred HitchcockA lot of movies are about life,mine are like a slice of cake
Pope John Paul IIWar is a defeat for humanity
Charles Caleb ColtonMarriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner
Howard ZinnThere is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people
Francis John McConnellWe must get away from the idea that America is to be the leader of the world in everything
Albert EinsteinAll that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.
Bertrand RussellThe most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
Leo TolstoyWhat an immense mass of evil must result,from allowing men to assume the right of anticipating what may happen
Margaret MeadAs long as any adult thinks that he,like the parents and teachers of old,can become introspective,invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him,he is lost
Sophie KerrIf peace,only had the music and pagaentry of war,there`d be no wars
Thomas JeffersonThe force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to
Lydia SicherAs long as we can talk with people,as long as one can keep the guns quiet,one has a chance
King Baudouin I of BelgiumIt takes twenty years or more of peace to make a man; it only takes twenty seconds of war to destroy him
Mark TwainKeep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that,but the really great make you feel that you,too,can become great
Condoleeza RiceYou cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable
Sen. Robert ByrdThis war is not necessary. We are truly sleepwalking through history
Charles Eliot NortonIf a war be undertaken,before the resources of peace have been tried and proved vain to secure it,that war has no defense,it is a national crime
Oscar WildeThere is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about
UnknownLaughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects
Supreme Court Justice Louis D. BrandeisThe greatest menace to freedom is an inert people
Harry S. TrumanThe responsibility of the great states is to serve,and not to dominate,the world
Red AuerbachBasketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first,and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up
Albert EinsteinAnyone who doesn`t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Liv TylerI cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You`re young enough to get away with things, but you`re old enough, too
Gordie HoweAll hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity
Howard ThurmanDuring times of war,hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism
Harry Emerson FosdickI hate war,for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies,and for the starvation that stalks after it
Dr. SquidLife is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think, and a docudrama with ugly actors for those who film docudramas
Russell BanksLuck can`t last a lifetime unless you die young
Robert G. IngersollIn nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments , there are consequences
Louis LecoinOne does not create a human society on mounds of corpses
Marquis de SadeSocial order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain
Ralph Waldo EmersonPeace cannot be achieved through violence,it can only be attained through understanding
UnknownFor those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know
Steven CoallierAttack life, it`s going to kill you anyway
Benjamin DisraeliWar is never a solution; it is an aggravation
Isadora DuncanAny intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract,and then goes into it,deserves all the consequences
Jerry ChinAnd when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow
Dag HammarskjoldFriendship needs no words,it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness
Charles BukowskiDeath meant little to me. It was the last joke in a series of bad jokes
Anthony HopkinsI love life because what more is there
Frederick DouglassThe life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest,truthful,and virtuous
A. J. P. TaylorNo matter what political reasons are given for war,the underlying reason is always economic
Helen RowlandIn olden times sacrifices were made at the altar,a practice which is still continued
Ramman KenounThe tyrant always talks as if he`s preserving the best interests of his people when he actually acts to undermine them
Sun TzuThere is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare
Nima Shirali,Middle Eastern Reconciliation ForumLet us become inspired by inherent beauty,and not impassioned by manufactured hate
Albert EinsteinHeroism on command,senseless violence,and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism,how passionately I hate them!
André RoussinIf you were arrested for kindness, would there be enough evidence to convict you?
Albert EinsteinEducation is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school
Oscar WildeIn life, we are all in the gutter. Some of us just tend to look up at the stars
Dean IngeAnxiety is interest paid on trouble before it is due
James MadisonIf Tyranny and Oppression come to this land,it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy
Nima Shirali,Middle Eastern Reconciliation ForumLet us form a new religion,that which would be called `humanity`,with `peace` as its prophet
Percy Bysshe ShelleyWar is the statesman`s game,the priest`s delight,the lawyer`s jest,the hired assassin`s trade
BuddhaHolding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned
Ramman KenounPower is usurped from the people,first by implementing fear,then it is maintained by slandering as `unpatriotic` those who refuse submission
John "Bluto" BlutarskyToga! Toga!
VoltaireTo the wicked,everything serves as pretext
Groucho MarxAll people are born alike,except Republicans and Democrats
Dorothy ThompsonPeace has to be created,in order to be maintained. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism
George TaylorGet your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape.
George WashingtonGovernment is not reason,it is not eloquence,it is force,Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action
John KeatsIf poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree, it better not come at all
Mae WestMarriage is a great institution,but I`m not ready for an institution
George WashingtonObserve good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all
John AdamsThere is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty
General William WestmorelandWar is fear cloaked in courage
Frank HerbertIt is not that power corrupts but that power is a magnet to the corruptible
Henry EllisAll the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on
Sir Peter UstinovAs for being a General,well,at the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords,we`re all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it
Maurice Chevaliercomfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay,it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.
Bill CosbyI don`t know the key to success,but the key to failure is trying to please everybody
Bertolt BrechtGrub first, then ethics
Tom StoppardAge is a very high price to pay for maturity
The TerminatorHasta la vista, baby.
Scott RitterWe are the ones responsible to determine whether the war that our marines,soldiers and airmen are fighting in is worth the cause..
Benjamin FranklinI hope,.that mankind will at length,as they call themselves responsible creatures,have the reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats..
Charley ReeseThe truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests
Steven WrightEverywhere is within walking distance if you have the time
Major Ralph Peters,US MilitaryThe de facto role of the US armed forces will be to keep the world safe for our economy and open to our cultural assault
James WolcottThe lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned,stop conning yourself
John Fitzgerald KennedyAlways forgive your enemies, but never forget their names
Stephen Vincent BenThe supreme excellence is to subde the armies of your enemies without even having to fight themWe thought,because we had power,we had wisdom
Sen. Robert Taft,R OhioCriticism in a time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government
Elias CanettiAll the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams
Richard CobdenWars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce
Lance Cpl. Devin Kelly USMCThe reality right now is that the most dangerous opinion in the world is the opinion of a U.S. serviceman
VoltaireI disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it
John AdamsPower always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak..
Adolf HitlerI use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few
Sir Peter UstinovTerrorism is the war of the poor,and war is the terrorism of the rich
George Christop LichtenbergA book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can`t expect an apostle to look out
Ambrose BierceThe slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations
Edward M. KennedyViolence is an admission that one`s ideas and goals cannot prevail on their own merits
Thomas JeffersonIf a nation expects to be ignorant and free,in a state of civilization,it expects what never was and never will be
UnknownIf you wish you be like someone else, you waste the person you are
P. J. O`RourkeEverybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes
Truman CapoteLife is a moderately good play with a badly written third act
Murray RothbardThe State thrives on war unless,of course,it is defeated and crushed expands on it,glories in it
VoltaireThose who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities
Adlai tevensonA free society is a place where it`s safe to be unpopular
Joseph ConradImagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life
Walt DisneyMovies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
Benjamin FranklinAll wars are follies,very expensive and very mischievous ones
Robert Lee FrostA diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman`s birthday but never her age
Winston ChurchillI have taken more good from alcohol than alcohol has taken from me
PlutarchI don`t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better
Rosa MolineWhat a dump.[21]
Thomas JeffersonI live for books
Marcus Tullius CiceroAdvice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey`s end.
VoltaireAnything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung
Jeane J. KirkpatrickWe have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace
Jean-Luc GodardCinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe coward threatens when he is safe
Knut HamsunIn old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived
AeschylusIn war,truth is the first casualty
Thomas MertonPeace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war
Senator John McCainWar is wretched beyond description,and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality
A. E. NewmanCrime does not pay as well as politics
Sacha GuitryWhen a man steals your wife,there is no better revenge than to let him keep her
W. L. GeorgeWars teach us not to love our enemies,but to hate our allies
GollumMy precious.
Liv TylerI cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You`re young enough to get away with things,but you`re old enough,too
Abraham LincolnMarriage is neither heaven nor hell,it is simply purgatory
Woody AllenI tended to place my wife under a pedestal.
Erich Maria RemarqueA hospital alone shows what war is
Lord Kitchener Horatio HerbertDon`t talk to me about atrocities; all war is an atrocity
William PennRight is right,even if everyone is against it,and wrong is wrong,even if everyone is for it
Alan KingMarriage is nature`s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers
Joan PowersA little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference
Martin LutherLet the wife make the husband glad to come home,and let him make her sorry to see him leave
Charles M. SchulzI think I`ve discovered the secret of life,you just hang around until you get used to it
Thomas A. EdisonI have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world
Donald RumsfeldDeath has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war
Alfred HitchcockIf it`s a good movie,the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on
Will RogersDiplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock
Dwight D. EisenhowerWe seek peace,knowing that peace is the climate of freedom
Sam SpadeThe stuff that dreams are made of.[5]
Mame DennisLife is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!
Elias CanettiRulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim
Woody AllenNot only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends.
George SantayanaIt takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness
MoliereLove is often the fruit of marriage
Ayn RandBeware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil
George BernardIt is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not the opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed the same kind
Simone WeilModern war appears as a struggle led by all the State apparatuses and their general staffs against all men old enough to bear arms..
UnknownBlessed are we who can laugh at ourselves for we shall never cease to be amused
VegetiusNo great dependence is to be placed on the eagerness of young soldiers for action,fighting is agreeable to those who are strangers to it
Ronald Reagan,no mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain,for economic advantage,for ideology
Eugene DebsNo war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people
Joseph HellerI`d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals
Woody AllenMost of the time I don`t have much fun. The rest of the time I don`t have any fun at all.
Logan P. SmithHow can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?
Walt KellyWe have met the enemy and he is us
Albert CamusWhen a war breaks out,people say: "It`s too stupid,it can`t last long." But though a war may be "too stupid," that doesn`t prevent its lasting
Ludwig von MisesThe attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace
Bertrand RussellThe greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
Voltairine de ClayreA standing army is a standing menace to liberty
Pierre de CoubertinAll sports for all people
Frank HerbertAll governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities
Joan PowersDon`t underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can`t hear, and not bothering
Thich Nhat HahnWorking for peace in the future is to work for peace in the present moment
Bill VaughanA citizen ofAmerica will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won`t cross the street to vote in a national election
Abraham LincolnAmerica will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter,and lose our freedoms,it will be because we destroyed ourselves
John BrightIf this phrase of the `balance of power` is to be always an argument for war,the pretext for war will never be wanting,and peace can never be secure
Bertrand RussellIn the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying.
Walter LippmannThe time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race
William ShakespeareHow far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world
ErasmusWar is the blackest villainy of which human nature is capable
Jean RenoirIn this world, there is one terrible thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons
UnknownFamiliarity breeds contempt
Alexander BerkmanWar means blind obedience,unthinking stupidity,brutish callousness,wanton destruction,and irresponsible murder
Ulysses S. GrantNations,like individuals,are punished for their transgressions
BuddhaDecay is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence
George M. CohanMy mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.
Bertrand RussellPatriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
Ron PaulThe moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty,not coddle the world,precipitating no-win wars,while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people
Lewis MumfordMisery,mutilation,destruction,terror,starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product
Thomas JeffersonCommerce with all nations,alliance with none,should be our motto
Groucho MarxMarriage is a wonderful institution,but who wants to live in an institution?
Bertrand RussellI would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
Duke of WellingtonNothing except a battle lost can be half as melancholy as a battle won
Bertrand RussellMen fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.
Honorè De BalzacBureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies
Ludwig von MisesEconomically considered,war and revolution are always bad business
Lady GagaI have this weird thing that if I sleep with someone theyre going to take my creativity from me through my vagina. Im perpetually lonely. Im lonely when Im in relationships. Its my condition as an artist. Im drawn to bad romances
Jose BarreiroThere is but one evil,war. All the other proclaimed evils such as hate,greed,descrimination,and jealousy are only sub-categories of it
Ambrose BierceIn Dr. Johnson`s famous dictionary, "patriotism" is defined as the last resort of the scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg to submit that it is the first
Charles TillyAlmost all war making states borrow extensively,raise taxes,and seize the means of combat- including men--from reluctant citizens..
Malcolm XYou`re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can`t face reality. Wrong is wrong no matter who does it or who says it
Rodrigue TremblayWars of aggression are the most barbarous of all human endeavors and are,more often than not,the instruments of insane tyrants who hear voices
Albert CamusThe evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance,and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding
Dwight D. EisenhowerWe will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security
Groucho MarxA child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five
Hermione GingoldA diet is when you watch what you eat and wish you could eat what you watch
Groucho MarxI must confess,I was born at a very early age
Nelson MandelaIf you want to make peace with your enemy,you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner
Jerome G. FensterHuman failure of communication and failed diplomacy between Nations should not yield the ultimate sacrifice; a life
Congressman Ron PaulWar is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures
Henry FordAnyone who stops learning is old,whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young
UnknownDemocracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don`t think
General Douglas MacArthurOur country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificually induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear
UnknownHypocrisy is the vaseline of social intercourse
Linda FestaThe most important thing in a relationship between a man and a woman is that one of them must be good at taking orders
UnknownEveryone smiles in the same language
Thomas JeffersonConquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government
Robert E. LeeWhat a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends,and mar the purest joys and happiness god has given us in this world..
Thomas JeffersonWe did not raise armies for glory or for conquest
Butler ShafferIn this war as in others I am less interested in honoring the dead than in preventing the dead
Marcus Tullius CiceroThe sinews of war are infinite money
Samuel JohnsonBachelors have consciences,married men have wives
General William Tecumseh ShermanIt is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood,more vengeance,more desolation. War is hell
Francis John McConnellWe need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us
Ludwig von MisesIf men do not now succeed in abolishing war,civilization and mankind are doomed
Colin PowellWar should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war,we should have a purpose that our people understand and support
Aldous HuxleyWhat is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood
Joe WalshI can`t complain, but sometimes I still do
Albert EinsteinI am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination
UnknownLive each day as if it were the last day of your life, because so far, it is
Thomas JeffersonIf a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so
Mikhail Gofman,Antiwar.com readerOne day the end of the world will come as a result of a `justified` war
Dudley MooreI am always looking for meaningful one-night stands
Gabrielle ColetteBe happy. It is a way of being wise
Craig MurrayAs a rule of thumb,if the government wants you to know it,it probably isn`t true
Pablo PicassoArt is the lie that makes us realize the truth
Jim FiebigAge does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone
Marcus Tullius CiceroAs I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body,but can never be so in mind
John CoryWar is the cemetery of futures promised
BuddhaIt is a man`s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways
Edward R. MurrowWe must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies,I think the soul of America dies with it
Sacha GuitryAn ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren`t
John James IngallsThere is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave
MufasaLook inside yourself. You are more than what you have become.
Laurence PeterDemocracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame
Doug HortonBoring people are a reflection of boring people
Edmund BurkeAll government , indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act , is founded on compromise and barter
UnknownEverything is controlled by a small evil group to which, unfortunately, no one we know belongs
Groucho MarxI didn`t like the play,but then I saw it under adverse conditions,the curtain was up
Ramman KenounHow is it possible for people to consider themselves supporters of the troops when they approve of an event that throws those troops into,peril
Jesse OwensA lifetime of training for just ten seconds
Addison WalkerIt`s not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts
ThucydidesLove of power,operating through greed and through personal ambition,was the cause of all these evils
Mark TwainBe loyal to your country always,and to the government only when it deserves it
Hugh MannIt`s more humane to cure your enemies than to kill them
Charles Eliot NortonThe voice of protest,is never more needed than when the clamor of fife and drum,is bidding all men,obey in silence the tyrannous word of command
Justice Louis D. BrandeisTo declare that the end justifies the means,to declare that the government may commit crimes,would bring terrible retribution
Groucho MarxA black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere
Davy CrockettRemember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have
Groucho MarxBehind every successful man is a woman,behind her is his wife
Bette MidlerAfter thirty, a body has a mind of its own
Mark TwainI am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land
Albert EinsteinAs far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality,they are not certain,and as far as they are certain,they do not refer to reality.
Ramman KenounThink of war as a game of Russian roulette. It is a game of chance with your life as the grand prize
Jean-Paul SartreIt is always more valuable to report the truth
Ronald ReaganHistory teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap
Robert Green IngersollAnger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind
Lord GreeneA learned County Court judge in a book of memoirs recently said that the overwhelming amount of his time on the bench was taken up "with people who are persuaded by persons whom they do not know to enter into contracts that they do not understand to purchase goods that they do not want with money that they have not got."
Mark TwainAge is an issue of mind over matter. If you don`t mind, it doesn`t matter
Georges SorelHate is able to provoke disorders,to ruin a social organization,to cast a country into a period of bloody revolutions; but it produces nothing
Adlai tevensonIn America, anybody can be president. That`s one of the risks you take
Doug CollinsAny time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win
Ludwig von MisesWhoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly
Bill CosbyLike everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older,I begin each day with coffee and obituaries
Leo BuscagliaDon`t smother each other. No one can grow in the shade
John CoryThere is no morality in war. Morality is the privilege of those judging from the distance. War is only death and destruction..
Red SkeltonAll men make mistakes,but married men find out about them sooner
Dwight D. EisenhowerI hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can,only as one who has seen its brutality,its futility,its stupidity
Stephen Vincent BenétLife is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways
David HumeIt is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once
Henry Louis MenckenConscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody is looking
BuddhaIt is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell
A. J. P. TaylorNo war is inevitable until it breaks out
Garet GarrettWith no notice to the American people,this country entered the war,Stranger than the fact was the passive acceptance of it
William FaulknerSo long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous,all of us let ourselves be deceived,abetting it unawares or maybe through cowardice..
William Ernest HockingI find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work
Ambrose BierceDiplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one`s country
General William Tecumseh ShermanWar is at best barbarism. Its glory is all moonshine,War is hell
Doug HortonMaterialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss
CiceroAfter victory,you have more enemies
Fried Green TomatoesA heart can be broken; but it keeps beating just the same.
Albert EinsteinA question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
Karl HessVietnam should remind conservatives that whenever you put your faith in big government for any reason,sooner or later you wind up an apologist for mass murder
Cecil B. De MilleA dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit
Pete SeegerIf you love this land of the free,bring `em home,bring `em home,Bring `em back from overseas
Christian Nevell BoveeIn politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at
Bertrand RussellThe people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.
J. R. HobsonGovernments use national animosities,foreign wars and the glamour of empire-making,in order to,divert rising sentiment against domestic abuses
Henry Louis MenckenCriticism is prejudice made plausible
Gordon GekkoGreed, for lack of a better word, is good.[18]
Carl P. G. von ClausewitzThe political object is the goal,war is the means of reaching it,and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes
Ogden NashMarriage is the alliance of two people,one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them
Thomas JeffersonGovernments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars,with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other
Ralph Waldo EmersonViolence is not power,but the absence of power
Noam ChomskyIt`s very common for the victims to understand a system better than the people who are holding the stick
Woody AllenIf it turns out that there is a God, I don`t think that he`s evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he`s an underachiever.
Jim LovellHouston, we have a problem.[15]
Georg W. HegelWhat experience and history teach is thisthat people and governments never have learned anything from history,or acted on principles deduced from it
Alice Roosevelt LongworthI have a simple philosophy: Fill what`s empty. Empty what`s full. Scratch where it itches
St. AugustineWhen [men] go to war,what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor`s will and call it peace
T.S. EliotThat meddling in other people`s affairs,formerly conducted by the most discreet intrigue is now openly advocated under the name of intervention
Charley ReeseWe,are not really free if we can`t control our own government and its policies. And we will never do that if we remain ignorant
George WashingtonBe courteous to all,but intimate with few,and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence
Albert EinsteinConfusion of goals and perfection of means seems,in my opinion,to characterize our age
George BurnsI honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate
Groucho MarxA man`s only as old as the woman he feels
Alice Duer MillerDon`t ever dare to take your college as a matter of course,because,like democracy and freedom,many people you`ll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you
Martin Luther King,Jr.Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek,but a means by which we arrive at that goal
Albert EinsteinNothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war
Dale TurnerToday the real test of America`s power and wisdom is not our capacity to make war but our capacity to prevent it
UnknownIf it weren`t for caffeine I`d have no personality whatsoever
Albert EinsteinFew people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions
H.L. MenckenThe urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule
Senator James W. FulbrightThe biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements
Ambrose BierceEgoist: A person of low taste, more interested in themselves than in me
Swedish ProverbShared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow
George AdeIf it were not for the presents,an elopement would be preferable
Ernest HemingwayThe 1st panacea of a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the 2nd is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; a permanent ruin
Fanny BriceHello gorgeous.
General Thomas S. PowerPutting aside all the fancy words and academic doubletalk,the basic reason for having a military is to do two jobs --to kill people and to destroy
Martin Luther King,Jr.It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it
James MadisonOf all the enemies to public liberty war is,perhaps the most to be dreaded because it compromises and develops the germ of every other
Brooks AtkinsonAfter each war there is a little less democracy left to save
James CarrollWe cloak ourselves in cold indifference to the unnecessary suffering of others--even when we cause it
Arthur SchopenhauerA man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants
Theodore Roosevelt,to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day
Friedrich NietzscheUnder conditions of peace the warlike man attacks himself
Lyndon B. JohnsonI have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one`s wife happy. First,let her think she`s having her own way. And second,let her have it
Henry Louis MenckenDemagogue: One who preaches a doctrine he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots
Eleanor RooseveltIt isn`t enough to talk about peace. One must believe it. And it isn`t enough to believe in it. One must work at it
Shirin EbadiDemocracy is not an incident that happens overnight,nor a gift that America can give to the world. It is a culture which needs peace to evolve
Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creationLove is not a mere sentiment
General Vo Nguyen Giap VietnamAny forces that would impose their will on other nations will certainly face defeat
Stanislaw Jerzy LecMankind deserves sacrifice,but not of mankind
Yogi BerraIt`s like déjà vu all over again
Martin Luther King,Jr.Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression,and retaliation
Leo TolstoyThe greater the state,the more wrong and cruel its patriotism,and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded
Lewis MumfordIn war,the army is not merely a pure consumer,but a negative producer..
John LeonardBaseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football,basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns
General Douglas MacArthurI believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations
Ludwig von MisesSociety has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking
Ramman KenounThe occupation and robbery of a nation occurs under the illusion of freeing its citizens from brutal oppression
BuddhaHowever many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
George OrwellWar is a way of shattering to pieces,materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and,too intelligent
Henry FordAnyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young
Samuel JohnsonI would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works
Robert MichelsNever is the power of the state greater,and never are the forces of political parties of opposition less effective,than at the outbreak of war
Margaret MeadNever doubt that a small group of thoughtful,committed people can change the world. Indeed,it is the only thing that ever has
Murray Rothbard,The very nature of interstate war puts innocent civilians into great jeopardy,especially with modern technology
Stanley BaldwinWar would end if the dead could return
William Arthur WardA well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life
Karl Von ClausewitzWar is the continuation of politics by other means
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAnyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle
Friedrich NietzscheThe surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently
Albert EinsteinAnger dwells only in the bosom of fools
Michael JordanI`ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed
General William WestmorelandThe military doesn`t start wars. The politicians start wars
Linda FiorentinoMarriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already
Norman CousinsThe only security for the American people today,or for any people,is to be found through the control of force rather than the use of force
Winston ChurchillWar is mainly a catalogue of blunders
Bertrand RussellEverything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
Fritz MedicusIf,finally,violence meets with violence,we have confirmation of the age old adage that war though it kills many men,makes many more men evil
StalinA single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is statistics
Alfred NobelHope is nature`s veil for hiding truth`s nakedness
GrusinskayaI want to be alone.
Howard ZinnOne certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression
Oliver Wendell HolmesEvery calling is great when greatly pursued
Dalai LamaI am a steadfast follower of the doctrine of non-violence which was first preached by Lord Buddha,whose divine wisdom is absolute..
Senator Robert M. La FolletteIf there is no sufficient reason for war,the war party will make war on one pretext,then invent another,after the war is on
Samuel B. PettengillWar--after all,what is it that the people get? Why--widows,taxes,wooden legs and debt
Bertrand RussellThe good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy - I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
Margaret MeadAs long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost
Maurice ChevalierA comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world
Thomas PaineHe that is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death
Bertrand RussellPatriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Allen DullesAt least we`re getting the kind of experience we need for the next war
John 8:32And ye shall know the truth,and the truth shall set you free
Edward AbbeyThe tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other--instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals
Sonny WortzikAttica! Attica!
George WashingtonIt is our true policy to steer clear of entangling alliances with any portion of the foreign world
Rose KennedyI`ve had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it
Ludwig von MisesSovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone,whether citizen or foreigner
Lt. Gen. James Mattis,USMCIt`s quite fun to fight `em,you know. It`s a hell of a hoot. It`s fun to shoot some people. I`ll be right up front with you,I like brawling
Bette MidlerAfter thirty,a body has a mind of its own
Frederick the GreatA man who seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society
Marceline Desbordes-ValmoreAre we not like two volumes of one book
Albert EinsteinMan usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else , unless it is an enemy
Ludwig von MisesTo defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war
Albert J. NockIt is unfortunately none too well understood that,just as the State has no money of its own,so it has no power of its own
Woody AllenDeath is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down. The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you
Thomas JeffersonThe spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force
Prince PhilipWhen a man opens a car door for his wife,it`s either a new car or a new wife
Samuel ButlerMan is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them
Isaac AsimovIt is not only the living who are killed in war
Tony BennAll war represents a failure of diplomacy
Winston ChurchillWhen you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise
Woody AllenMy education was dismal. I went to a series of schools for mentally disturbed teachers.
James BryceOur country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity
Thomas JeffersonBut friendship is precious,not only in the shade,but in the sunshine of life,and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine
Friedrich NietzscheHe who has a why to live can bear almost any how
Mark TwainJust the omission of Jane Austen`s books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn`t a book in it
UnknownA political machine is a united minority working against a divided majority
John F. KennedyThose who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable
Enid BagnoldIn marriage there are no manners to keep up,and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring
John F. KennedyThe great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie: deliberate,continued,and dishonest; but the myth: persistent,persuasive,and unrealistic
Rick BlaineLouis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
R. Buckminster FullerEither war is obsolete,or men are
Napoleon BonaparteIn the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments
Winston ChurchillNever believe any war will be smooth and easy,or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter
Lois McMaster BujoldWar is not its own end,except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation
Austin HolmesIt is not the bad times on which we should dwell, it is only poison to the mind and soul. We shall rise up after we fall, and continue to go on , dwelling on the good, high-spirited times of our lives
Erasmus,the 16th-century scholarDulce bellum inexpertis (War is delightful to the inexperienced
Bertrand RussellPassive acceptance of the teacher`s wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational because the teacher knows more than his pupils; it is moreover the way to win the favour of the teacher unless he is a very exceptional man. Yet the habit of passive acceptance is a disastrous one in later life. It causes man to seek and to accept a leader, and to accept as a leader whoever is established in that position.
Thomas JeffersonTo preserve our independence,We must make our election between economy and liberty,or profusion and servitude
Bertrand RussellSo far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
Zsa Zsa GaborA man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he`s finished
Albert CamusAlas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face
John F. KennedyWe are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts,foreign ideas,alien philosophies,and competitive values
Harry Elmer BarnesWar is the most striking instance of the failure of intelligence to master the problem of human relationships
Ernest HemingwayYou can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself
Rep. Meyer LondonThey talk about conscription as a democratic institution. Yes; so is a cemetery
Mark TwainEverything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven
Albert EinsteinGod does not play dice
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war
Albert EinsteinEverything should be as simple as it is,but not simpler
Robert TaftThe maintenance of the right of criticism in the long run will do the country,more good than it will do the enemy
Winston ChurchillAny man under 30 who is not a liberal has no heart, and any man over 30 who is not a conservative has no brains
Robert HiggsWhen American presidents prepare for foreign wars,they lie
Helen GahaganWhen a marriage works,nothing on earth can take its place
Harry Emerson FosdickThe tragedy of war is that it uses mans best to do mans worst
Quentin CrispThe war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy
Martin Luther King,Jr.Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows
Alfred HitchcockIn feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director
G. K. ChestertonThe only defensible war is a war of defense
George Bernard ShawBaseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended
Thomas JeffersonI know of no safe depository of the ultimate power of the society but the people themselves
Henry Havelock EllisIf I didn`t have a problem with alcohol, I`d drink all the time
André RoussinHe has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much
Johnny CastleNobody puts Baby in a corner.
John BarrymoreDie? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him
Alfred HitchcockI`m not against the police; I`m just afraid of them
Alfred HitchcockA good film is when the price of the dinner,the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it
Anthony J D`AngeloHave a strong mind and a soft heart
Alfred HitchcockDialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds,just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms
George W. Bush on Iraqi InsurgencyThese people are trying to shake the will of the Iraqi citizens,and they want us to leave,I think the world would be better off if we did leave..
Jacobo TimermanWe believed ourselves indestructable,watching only the madmen outside our frontiers,and we remained defenseless against our own madmen
Thomas PynchonIf they can get you asking the wrong questions,they don`t have to worry about answers
Gilbert ChestertonA good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author
Mignon McLaughlinA successful marriage requires falling in love many times,always with the same person
H. G. WellsIt is not reasonable that those who gamble with men`s lives should not pay with their own
William Colby,former CIA directorThe Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media
Eleanor RooseveltAll wars eventually act as boomerangs and the victor suffers as much as the vanquished
Theodore RooseveltThat we are to stand by the president,right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile,but is morally treasonable to the American public
Charles-Louis De SecondatThe deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded
Senator Robert M. La FolletteIn times of peace,the war party insists on making preparation for war. As soon as prepared for,it insists on making war
Pope John Paul IIWars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore,prove ultimately futile
Martin LutherWar is the greatest plague that can affect humanity; it destroys religion,it destroys states,it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it
Jean-Paul SartreTotal war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total,because it may well involve the whole world
Groucho MarxI read in the newspapers they are going to have 30 minutes of intellectual stuff on television every Monday from 7:30 to 8. to educate America. They couldn`t educate America if they started at 6:30
Blaise PascalI have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man`s being unable to sit still in a room
Mark TwainAge is an issue of mind over matter. If you don`t mind,it doesn`t matter
Joseph GoebbelsThink of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play
Helen KellerStrike against war,for without you no battles can be fought
Marilyn MonroeBefore marriage,a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage,she has to hold him to make love to him
Raymond HullAll marriages are happy. It`s the living together afterward that causes all the trouble
Dan QuayleBobby Knight told me this: `There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.` In other words a good offense wins
Maximilien RobespierreOne can,never create [freedom] by an invading force
Jack KingstonMarriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature; whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppress people and thereby violated the laws of nature
General Smedley ButlerWar is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives
Lt. Col. Bill KilgoreI love the smell of napalm in the morning.
George W. BushEvil men,obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience,must be taken very seriously--and we must stop them before their crimes can multiply
Dustin HoffmanRatso" Rizzo
Virgil TibbsThey call me Mister Tibbs!
Stephen LeacockMany a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl
Sydney J. HarrisIf a small thing has the power to make you angry,does that not indicate something about your size?
Hannibal LecterA census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
Sir John Frederick MauriceI went into the Army believing that if you want peace you must prepare for war. I now believe that if you prepare thoroughly for war you will get it
Woody AllenOn the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.
Groucho MarxI must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on,I go to the library and read a good book
Robert ByrneGetting caught is the mother of invention

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