War
Quotes - If we don't end war, war will end us
“Her
unexpected outburst rocked Flaminius to his core. Suddenly, she didn't seem so
angelic. Her face twisted with rage; veins in her neck throbbed with fury in a
scene all too familiar. Her reaction switched him off to her instantly as all
his worst fears came to life.”
―
Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
“I'm
so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning
staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you
from stem to stern until you beg me to stop.”
―
Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
“who
wishes to fight must first count the cost”
―
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“In
wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes”
―
Robert Jordan, To the Blight
“Why
do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?"
"I've
told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished,
and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?”
―
Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
“Fighting
for peace, is like f***ing for chastity”
―
Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis
“How
come we play war and not peace?"
"Too
few role models.”
―
Bill Watterson
“Mom,
please don't use 'the happy voice.' It reminds me of the day Tinkles
died."
"Who
was Tinkles?" Sue asked around a mouthful of pancake.
"My
cat. When I was five, Tinkles died choking on a mouse that was a bit ambitious
for a kitten to eat."
"It
was terribly traumatic for Aurelia because it was the first time she'd
experienced loss."
"What
did you do to help her get through it?"
Rosalind
smiled at Mother Guardian. "Well, after a good cry, we performed an
autopsy."
Aurelia
reached for her mother's hand. "I never thanked you for that.”
―
Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
“The
art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and
death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry
which can on no account be neglected.”
―
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“Rules
are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.”
―
Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings
“If
we don't end war, war will end us.”
―
H.G. Wells
“The
first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying
This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real
founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars and murders, from how many
horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind, by pulling up the
stakes, or filling up the ditch, and crying to his fellows, "Beware of
listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits
of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody.”
―
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
“Until
the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally
and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war. And until there
are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the
colour of a man's skin is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes.
And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard
to race, there is war. And until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world
citizenship, rule of international morality, will remain but a fleeting
illusion to be pursued, but never attained... now everywhere is war.”
-
Popularized by Bob Marley in the song War”
―
Haile Selassie I, Selected Speeches
“In
preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning
is indispensable.”
―
Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Cry
havoc and let slip the dogs of war!”
―
William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
“We
are forlorn like children, and experienced like old men, we are crude and
sorrowful and superficial—I believe we are lost.”
―
Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front
“To
win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To
subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.”
―
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“So
the whole war is because we can't talk to each other.”
―
Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game
“You
were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you
have always been.”
―
Aberjhani, Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black
“The
first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man.”
―
Huey P. Newton
“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. When a people are used as mere human instruments for firing cannon
or thrusting bayonets, in the service and for the selfish purposes of a master,
such war degrades a people. A war to protect other human beings against
tyrannical injustice; a war to give victory to their own ideas of right and
good, and which is their own war, carried on for an honest purpose by their
free choice, — is often the means of their regeneration. A man who has nothing
which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he
does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of
being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than
himself. As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their
ever-renewing fight for ascendancy in the affairs of mankind, human beings must
be willing, when need is, to do battle for the one against the other.”
―
John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy
