War and Peace

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tiny.ag/db2sazsg · submitted 1997

Today the real test of power is not the capacity to make war but the capacity to prevent it.

tiny.ag/9pd1qmsc · submitted 1999

One moment on the battlefield is worth a thousand years of peace.

tiny.ag/jaishdmt · submitted 1997

War hath no fury like a non-combatant.

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/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/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/ldizacqu · submitted 1997

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

tiny.ag/ry32bjva · submitted 1997

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

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.

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.

tiny.ag/lgkszg2d · submitted 1997

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

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