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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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Famous Kenneth Roberts Quotes

“Never until the wounded came back from Bunker Hill had I realized the lengths of which a determined minority will go in order to achieve its ends. For the first time I understood one of the fundamentals of warfare: that armies cannot be raised by nations or parties unless the rage of the people is first kindled by lies and name-calling.”

War Lies Revolutionary War Minority

Author:Kenneth Roberts

“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

Book:Oliver Wiswell

Source: Oliver Wiswell

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

War Revolutionary War

Book:Oliver Wiswell

Source: Oliver Wiswell

“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

Source: Lydia Bailey

“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.”

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Author:Kenneth Roberts

About the Author

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

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