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“Oh, when shall Britain, conscious of her claim, Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame? In living medals see her wars enroll'd, And vanquished realms supply recording gold?”

War Fame Conscious Gold Claims Greek Realms Britain Medal

Book:The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

“Admittedly or not, conscious or unconscious, the poetic state, a transcendent experience of life, is what the public is fundamentally seeking through love, crime, drugs, war, or insurrection.”

War States Life Is Poetry Crime Drug Conscious Seeking Unconscious Poetic Transcendent War On Drugs Insurrection

Book:The Theater and Its Double

Source: The Theater and Its Double

“So many forces and resources would become available if States, aware (or conscious) of their true (or real) mission, would want to get on (or agree) to abolish every politics aiming at ("visant à", Fr.) expansion or hegemony; system that maintain among nations a a perpetual distrust and tension, impose on them (or force or compel, "leur impose", Fr.) formidable armies and crushing war budgets.”

Ifs Want War Real States Force Nations Conscious Resources Army Agree Available Missions Budgets Tension Crush Perpetual Expansion Distrust Abolish Formidable Hegemony

Author:African Spir

“Fundamentalists believe that we don't believe in anything. In their view of the world, they are in possession of absolute certainties, while we are descending into decadence. We will be able to triumph over terrorism not by waging war on it, but through a conscious, fearless way of life.”

World Way Believe War Able Views Conscious Absolutes Don't Believe Possession Terrorism Certainty Fearless Triumph Decadence Descending Absolute Certainty Waging War

Author:Salman Rushdie

“I want the marginality to come into the center. This is the thing I was conscious of growing up, when I later lived in England. I saw all these war movies that came out shortly after the war, and they were all about the war being fought by Englishmen or Americans, there were no other "allies" in it - from India or Australia, etc.”

Want War Growing Up Saws Growing Conscious India England Etc Australia Allies Englishmen War Movie

Author:Michael Ondaatje

“I think I took a few stabs at writing socially conscious lyrics. I had never intended to write a song about the Gulf War, but when I wrote "Before You Hit The Floor," I didn't know what the hell was going on in the world.”

Thinking Knows World Writing War Song Hell Conscious Gulf War

Author:Bucky Pope

“I know that I was conscious of all the aspects of the war, having had cousins who were in the army, who would send me notes and memorabilia. I began to collect things that they would send me.”

Knows War Conscious Aspect Army Notes Cousin Memorabilia

Author:Paul Smith

“There might be greater technology but really, we as human beings, we're the same as we ever were. There's always a ruling class that shits on a working class. There's always war over money. So we as humans aren't enlightened as a whole. So I think that you as an individual can progress under certain circumstances, so if you choose to be something and to try and learn and to try and progress then eventually it will happen but that is also who you are. You can make conscious decisions to try and do something positive or constructive but you are what you are.”

Thinking Trying War Individual Decision Technology Progress Circumstances Conscious Who You Are Enlightened You Choose Working Class

Author:David W. Marsden

“I was keenly conscious of the comrades-in-arms who had fallen with me. A bond surpassing by a hundredfold that which I had known in life bound me to them. I felt a sense of inexpressible relief and realized that I had feared, more than death, separation from them. I apprehended that excruciating war survivor's torment, the sense of isolation and self-betrayal experienced by those who had elected to cling yet to breath when their comrades had let loose their grip.”

War Self Felt Known Arms Conscious Breaths Bounds Betrayal Separation Fallen Isolation Relief Survivor Torment Comrade Surpassing Self Betrayal

Book:Gates Of Fire

Source: Gates Of Fire

“The war against working people should be understood to be a real war…. Specifically in the U.S., which happens to have a highly class-conscious business class…. And they have long seen themselves as fighting a bitter class war, except they don’t want anybody else to know about it.”

People Knows Want Should Long War Real Happens Fighting Class Conscious Understood Bitter

Book:At War with Asia

Source: At War with Asia

“Would a CONSCIOUS human being destroy himself through war, and crime, and quarrels? No, a man simply knows not what he does to himself.”

Knows Men Humans Doe War God Spirituality Human Beings Crime Conscious Quarrels

Author:G. I. Gurdjieff

“Germany has concluded a Non-Aggression Pact with Poland. We shall adhere to it unconditionally. We recognize Poland as the home of a great and nationally conscious people.”

People World War Home Conscious War Of The Worlds Germany Aggression World War 2 Poland Pact

Book:Hitler's Words

Source: Hitler's Words