War and Peace
74 aphorisms · one comment
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41–60 (74)
tiny.ag/1i8zitnu · submitted 1998
I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harms way.
tiny.ag/2flecxec · submitted 1997
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
John F. Kennedy, (inaugural speech, 1961), in Law and Politics and War and Peace
tiny.ag/sxpzikiy · submitted 1997
To save your world you asked this man to die;
Would this man, could he see you now, ask why?
W. H. Auden, "Epitaph for an Unknown Soldier", in War and Peace
tiny.ag/la65dtiv · submitted 1998
It was involuntary. They sank my boat.
John F. Kennedy, (comment when asked about his heroism), in War and Peace
tiny.ag/kxyqnliw · submitted 1997
Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.
tiny.ag/qgj3ivvu · submitted 1997
You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and liberty.
tiny.ag/ognqp9t4 · submitted 1997
Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.
tiny.ag/piklxjab · submitted 1997
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.
tiny.ag/ypqqlw9y · submitted 1998
Always remember your weapons system was made by the lowest bidder
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/yy2e1ad8 · submitted 1997
Why bother building any more nuclear warheads until we've used the ones we have?
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/zsldl2jb · submitted 1997
When you've seen one nuclear war, you've seen them all.
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/idqkjfr5 · submitted 1997 by Gord Weitzel
When elephants fight, only the grass gets hurt.
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/r3davdhl · submitted 1997
In war, there is no substitute for victory.
tiny.ag/ry32bjva · submitted 1997
The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.
Joseph Heller, Catch-22, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/b5lrmegw · submitted 1997
Katz' Law: Man and nations will act rationally when all other possibilities have been exhausted.
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/ldizacqu · submitted 1997
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Salvor Hardin), in War and Peace and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/5mrm7cdg · submitted 1997
It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies.
Edith Hamilton, The Greek Way, in Life and Death and War and Peace
tiny.ag/rkg7iuvl · submitted 1997
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
tiny.ag/xm0eggq6 · submitted 1997
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
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