KOYAANISQATSI Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.~Abba Eban Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.~Abraham Flexner Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.~Abraham Lincoln Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy... ~Abraham Lincoln Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose—and you allow him to make war at pleasure.~Abraham Lincoln America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.~Abraham Lincoln We must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern era--a permanent state of what I call violent peace.~Admiral James D. Watkins All nations want peace, but they want a peace that suits them.~Admiral Sir John Fisher In war, truth is the first casualty.~Aeschylus Any excuse will serve a tyrant.~Aesop One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.~Agatha Christie The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.~A. J. P. Taylor No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.~A. J. P. Taylor No war is inevitable until it breaks out.~A. J. P. Taylor Wars based on principle are far more destructive...the attacker will not destroy that which he is after.~Alan Watts We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives...inside ourselves.~Albert Camus Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.~George Orwell When a war breaks out, people say: "It's too stupid, it can't last long." But though a war may be "too stupid," that doesn't prevent its lasting.~Albert Camus The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.~Albert Camus It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its own.~Albert J. Nock What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.~Aldous Huxley A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn The demands of internal growth are incomparably more important to us...than the need for any external expansion of our power.~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn The next war ... may well bury Western civilization forever.~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder.~Alexander Berkman War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.~Alexander Berkman Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.~Alexander Hamilton O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.~Alexander Pope All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.~Alexis de Tocqueville Distorted history boasts of bellicose glory . . . and seduces the souls of boys to seek mystical bliss in bloodshed and in battles.~Alfred Adler The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.~Albert Camus It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.~Albert Camus No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.~Alexis de Tocqueville Even if we are spared destruction by war, our lives will have to change if we want to save life from self-destruction.~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Violence as a way of gaining power...is being camouflaged under the guise of tradition, national honor [and] national security...~Alfred Adler War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man.~Alfred Adler To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman.~Alfred Adler It is always easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.~Alfred Adler The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.~Ambrose Bierce Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.~Anne Louise Germaine de Stael Today the real test of power is not capacity to make war but capacity to prevent it.~Anne O'Hare McCormick Brute force is not our salvation, especially as directed by State central planning and done with little regard for the innocents...~Anthony Gregory Make wars unprofitable and you make them impossible.~A. Philip Randolph Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.~A pirate, from St. Augustine's "City of God" Old men declare war because they have failed to solve complex political and economic problems.~Arthur Hoppe Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. ~Ayn Rand War is the unfolding of miscalculations.~Barbara Tuchman The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.~Basil O'Connor War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.~Benjamin Disraeli Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.~Benjamin Franklin All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.~Benjamin Franklin Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.~Bernard M. Baruch There never was a good war or a bad peace.~Benjamin Franklin Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man.~Bertrand Russell War does not determine who is right, only who is left.~Bertrand Russell No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.~Barbara Ehrenreich The terrorist is the one with the small bomb.~Brendan Behan After each war there is a little less democracy to save.~Brooks Atkinson Blind faith in your leaders or in anything will get you killed.~Bruce Springsteen War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.~Carl P. G. von Clausewitz We...are not really free if we can't control our own government and its policies. And we will never do that if we remain ignorant.~Charley Reese War, n: A time-tested political tactic guaranteed to raise a president’s popularity rating by at least 30 points. It is especially useful during election years and economic downturns.~Chaz Bufe In war, we always deform ourselves, our essence.~Chris Hedges After victory, you have more enemies.~Cicero War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.~Congressman Ron Paul As a rule of thumb, if the government wants you to know it, it probably isn't true. ~Craig Murray There is nothing politically right that is morally wrong.~Daniel O'Connell War creates peace like hate creates love.~David L. Wilson We must pursue peaceful end through peaceful means.~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Conflict cannot survive without your participation.~Dr. Wayne Dyer The tragedy of modern war is that the youg men die fighting each other---instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.~Ed Abbey A Patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.~Ed Abbey "neoconservatives" are neither new nor conservative, but old as Babylon and evil as Hell.~Edward Abbey My theory is, strong people don't need strong leaders.~Ella Baker You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself.~Ernest Hemingway Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. ~General Omar N. Bradley---------------------------------------------------------- Or you could try someone we all trust: the role of the military is to fight and win war and, therefore, prevent war from happening in the first place.~George W. Bush Our enemies...never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.~George W. Bush I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.~George W. Bush Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.~Adolph Hitler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinner72 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 So many truths in dere, an so sadly, da last wan seems ta be da most prophetic of aa fur wis an generations ta come.. How ironic can you get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabiaTerra Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Wise words Koy, but you missed one of my favourites: I don't know what weapons the third world war will be fought with, but the fourth world war will be fought with sticks and stones ~ Albert Einstien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeemsie1989 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 This is the best quote for life ever http://jonesview.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/menandwomen.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlady Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 ^^ Men are simple ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeemsie1989 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Nah, just not as complicated and sensitive as women. I have more female than male friends, and their body clocks are all in sync, if you know what I mean. I fear the full moon!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxFusion Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 stop dee braggin Jeemsie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeemsie1989 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 It ain't braggin', it's an admission of fear!! Anyhoo, I can brag aboot it, I keep getting told that I'm the kinda guy who is "The Mother's Choice!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxFusion Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 So da Auld eens fancy ya??mony a guid tune played on an auld fiddle Jeemsie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeemsie1989 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Now, this may just be me, but why did "The Dambuster's March" start playing in my head?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxFusion Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 ^no idea, I was just getting back to the topic with a good quote maybe your subconscious mind showing you what you really crave?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeemsie1989 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Yes, indeed back to topic (apologises mods) But just briefly, Nah, it's no my thing. Never really been into exploring caves........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twerto Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Pot Holing is great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxFusion Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 it's no my thing. Never really been into exploring caves........ the words of a youngster never mind, one day you'll see the error of your ways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeemsie1989 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Likly, I usually do, all too late!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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