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They were going to look at war, the red animal⁠—war, the blood-swollen god.
Stephen Crane1871–1900The Red Badge of Courage (1895), Chapter IIIIn context
It was surprising that Nature had gone tranquilly on with her golden process in the midst of so much devilment.
Stephen Crane1871–1900The Red Badge of Courage (1895), Chapter VIn context
- Nature
At times he regarded the wounded soldiers in an envious way. He conceived persons with torn bodies to be peculiarly happy. He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage.
Stephen Crane1871–1900The Red Badge of Courage (1895), Chapter IXIn context
- Courage
He had fought like a pagan who defends his religion.
Stephen Crane1871–1900The Red Badge of Courage (1895), Chapter XVIIIn context
- Religion
He became not a man but a member. He felt that something of which he was a part⁠—a regiment, an army, a cause, or a country⁠—was in crisis. He was welded into a common personality which was dominated by a single desire.
Stephen Crane1871–1900The Red Badge of Courage (1895), Chapter VIn context
God made them as stubble to our swords.
Oliver Cromwell1599–1658Letter to Colonel Valentine Walton (5 July 1644), following the Battle of Marston Moor.
- God
If there are sound reasons or bases for the points you demand, then there is no need for violence.
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lamaborn 1935The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990), “The Nobel Evening Address” p. 115.
True peace with oneself and with the world around us can only be achieved through the development of mental peace.
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lamaborn 1935Nobel lecture (1989)
Because we all share this small planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. That is not just a dream, but a necessity.
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lamaborn 1935Nobel lecture (1989)
- Nature
The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
You who have your lives to lose, you certainly above all others have the right to decide the momentous issue of war or peace.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
- History
There is nothing easier than lopping off heads and nothing harder than developing ideas.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky1821–1881
- Ideas
Shall we be citizens in war, and aliens in peace? Would that be just?
Frederick Douglass1817–1895“What the Black Man Wants”, speech in Boston (1865)
- Justice
We must never forget that victory to the rebellion meant death to the republic.
Frederick Douglass1817–1895Decoration Day address, Arlington National Cemetery (30 May 1871)
- History