Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2007-01-10 Jan 10, 2007I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.~ Albert EinsteinHe makes a solitude, and calls it - peace.~ Lord ByronYou can have all the advanced war methods you want, but, after all, nobody has ever invented a war that you don't have to have somebody in the guise of soldiers to stop the bullets.~ Will Rogers Jan 9, 2007All 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 TocquevillePeace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.~ Baruch SpinozaThe more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war.~ Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Jan 8, 2007War is sweet to those who haven't tasted it.~ Desiderius ErasmusThe constitutional right of free speech has been declared to be the same in peace and war. In peace, too, men may differ widely as to what loyalty to our country demands, and an intolerant majority, swayed by passion or by fear, may be prone in the future, as it has been in the past, to stamp as disloyal opinions with which it disagrees.~ Justice Louis D. BrandeisIt is well that war is so terrible -- we should grow too fond of it.~ Robert E. Lee Jan 5, 2007No power but Congress can declare war, but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own authority may make such military movements as must bring on war?~ Daniel WebsterWar is in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement.~ James MadisonA man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it.~ William Ralph Inge Jan 4, 2007Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.~ Hermann Goering Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print