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All forms of violence are quests for identity. When you live on the frontier, you have no identity. You’re a nobody.
Marshall McLuhan1911–1980The Education of Mike McManus, TVOntario, December 28 1977
We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
Golda Meir1898–1978Vogue (July 1969)
To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish a woman for a purely moral reason.
H. L. Mencken1880–1956
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
H. L. Mencken1880–1956
- Love
Wars are seldom caused by spontaneous hatreds between people, for peoples in general are too ignorant of one another to have grievances and too indifferent to what goes on beyond their borders to plan conquests. They must be urged to the slaughter by politicians who know how to alarm them.
H. L. Mencken1880–1956
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse.
John Stuart Mill1806–1873“The Contest in America,” Fraser’s Magazine (February 1862)
- Patriotism
Peace hath her victories
No less renowned than war.
John Milton1608–1674To the Lord General Cromwell (1652)
War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings.
Ludwig von Mises1881–1973Nation, State, and Economy (1919), p 186
- Economics
In no victory do they glory so much as in that which is gained by dexterity and good conduct without bloodshed.
Thomas More1478–1535Utopia (1516), Book II (3 of 4)In context
War robs you mentally and physically, it drains you. Things don’t thrill you anymore. It’s a struggle every day to find something interesting to do.
Audie Murphy1925–1971“Quotation from Audie Murphy: American Soldier”, by Harold Simpson (1999), pp. 369-371
We made a film about the man who created the atomic bomb, and for better or for worse, we’re all living in Oppenheimer’s world. So I would really like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere.
Cillian Murphyborn 1976“Cillian Murphy Wins Best Actor: “I Would Really Like to Dedicate This to the Peacemakers”” in Vanity Fair (10 March 2024)
- Movies
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
Napoleon1769–1821
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Napoleon1769–1821
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
Napoleon1769–1821
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
Napoleon1769–1821