War and Peace

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tiny.ag/4exni0iq · submitted 1997

Draft beer, not people.

tiny.ag/abk7huzh · submitted 1997

What a strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

Unknown, (W.O.P.R. computer in War Games), in Success and Failure and War and Peace

tiny.ag/xrdfngoo · submitted 1997

A nuclear war can ruin your whole day.

tiny.ag/konajjqe · submitted (updated 25 Apr)

Always remember your weapons system was made by the lowest bidder

tiny.ag/ypqqlw9y · submitted 1998

Always remember your weapons system was made by the lowest bidder

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/ognqp9t4 · submitted 1997

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.

tiny.ag/qgj3ivvu · submitted 1997

You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and liberty.

tiny.ag/hfj4loeb · submitted 1998

The pen may be stronger than the sword... but I'd rather have a sword in a dark alley.

tiny.ag/is5ffzu6 · submitted 1997

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.

tiny.ag/rh5oemag · submitted 1997

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

tiny.ag/yy2e1ad8 · submitted 1997

Why bother building any more nuclear warheads until we've used the ones we have?

tiny.ag/rb8m34k9 · submitted 1999

All warfare is based on deception.

Sun Tzu, The Art Of War, in War and Peace

tiny.ag/ry32bjva · submitted 1997

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

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