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Kenneth Roberts was an American author renowned for his historical novels. His works, often set against the backdrop of American history, delve deeply into the characters and their fates. He was born on December 8, 1885, and died on July 21, 1957.

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War Lies Revolutionary War Minority

Author:Kenneth Roberts

“My God, Judge, do men believe whatever lie they hear about an enemy?”

Politics Lies Believing

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“On every side of us are men who hunt perpetually for their personal northwest passage, too often sacrificing health, strength, and life itself to the search; and who shall say they are not happier in their vain but hopeful quest than wiser, duller folks who sit at home, venturing nothing and, with sour laughs, deriding the seekers for that fabled thoroughfare?”

Life Inspirational Life

Book:Northwest Passage

Source: Northwest Passage

“Approaching us through a haze of dust that overhung the road was a long column of men - a slovenly column that marched irregularly and out of step, so that it had the look of a gigantic centipede whose feet hurt.”

Revolutionary War

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“That's all war is - a consuming fever: a period of delirium and insanity, of misery, disappointment, discomfort, anxiety, despair, waste, weariness, boredom, brutality, death; and yet to every man in every war there comes a day worth living for: a day when a lifetime of excitement is packed into a few short hours.”

War Revolutionary War

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“Valiant! The word mocked me, for I knew myself to be anything but valiant. What I had done, I had done in a fit of insane bitterness, not with cool courage, not with brave quick thinking, not with presence of mind - but with absence of it.”

Courage Valiant Revolutionary War

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“I learned, then, beyond question, that if all the property in the world were distributed, and an equal share given to everyone, the bulk of mankind would soon be destitute, and a few would have everything.”

Equality Revolutionary War

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“If I was a private individual, I'd be more careful; but being as I'm a government, I'm privileged to make a God-damned fool of myself in any way I choose, especially by spending a lot more money than I've got or ever will have, and promising to do things that I ain't got a chance of doing.”

Government Spending Promises Revolutionary War

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“You needn't worry about me. I know enough to do what every man ought to do in wartime when he's watched and threatened by bullies. I conceal my feelings; lie whenever necessary; pretend to admire the rascals who've ruined our city and our country; cheer dolts, bullies and knaves and damn all wise temperate men!”

Politics Revolutionary War Bullies

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“War's always the same! Children starve, women suffer, men lose their fortunes or turn into beasts!”

War Revolutionary War

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“That's one reason why a civil war is worse than any other sort. When two parties in a given country resort to arms to settle political differences, every man is a potential enemy to every other man, and the distinction between legalized killing and murder is not clearly drawn in the minds of average men, who are incapable of sustained thought. Death is held to be a fitting reward for those who dare hold contrary views, and a nation involved in a civil war is a breeding ground for children reared to look with tolerance on next to nothing but violence.”

Politics Consequences Revolutionary War

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“Brother, if you white men murdered the son of the Great Spirit, we Indians had nothing to do with it. It is none of our affair. If he had come among us we would not have killed him. We would have treated him well. You must make amends for that crime yourself. Brother, we do not wish to destroy your religion or take it from you. We only want to enjoy our own.”

Religion Christianity Jesus Christ Native Americans

Book:Arundel

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“They call war an art, but it isn't. It largely consists in outwitting people, robbing widows and orphans, and inflicting suffering on the helpless for one's own ends - and that's not art: that's business.”

People Art War Ends Suffering Helpless Widows Orphan Robbing Widows And Orphans Outwitting

Book:Lydia Bailey

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“People who make war in order to escape slavery may possibly win....This will doubtless bring death and suffering to thousands....But people who tamely allow slavery to be imposed on them without resorting to a defensive war are inevitably doomed to years of death and suffering-and far more of each than any war would bring to them....The army doesn't exist that can annihilate men in their own land-not if they love it sufficiently.”

People Ifs Men Years May War Suffering Order Winning Land Army Slavery Antiwar Doomed

Author:Kenneth Roberts

“Misery, in cold truth, is a weight less upon those who undergo it than upon the minds of those who see it; for he who is cold and starving is so busy in his efforts to obtain warmth and food that he has little time for self-pity, and endures his unhappy condition better than those who take it upon themselves to suffer for him.”

Mind Littles Self Suffering Effort Conditions Cold Truth Is Weight Misery Endure Busy Unhappy Pity Warmth Starving Self Pity Little Time

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About the Author

Born: December 8, 1885
Died: July 21, 1957
Known for: Author
Quotes: 15

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