“Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.” IfsMenWarDonePoliticalPoliticsOughtDestroyedInjuryVengeance Author:Niccolo Machiavelli
“For whoever conquers a free Town, and does not demolish it, commits a great Error, and may expect to be ruin 'd himself.” MayDoeWarPoliticsTownsErrorsCommitConquerRuinedUprisingMedieval WarDemolish Author:Niccolo Machiavelli
“The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined.” WarPoliticsNaturalAnimalCenturyIndustryAccidentsDisasterVegetarianVeganAnimal RightsNative AmericanVegetarianismAutomobileVeganismBeefVegetarian HealthAnimal WorldNatural DisasterPlants And AnimalsEating AnimalsVegan HealthInspirational AnimalPlant Based DietMeat Industry Author:Neal Barnard
“There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.” MenInspirationalWarGovernmentPoliticsFreedomLibertyPowerDemocracyDangerTrustOughtOur SocietyPatrioticAnti WarAntiwarPatriotMaximsFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyPolitical PowerDemocracies HaveBearing ArmsAmerican GovernmentFree GovernmentRights And FreedomsAmerican LibertyPublic TrustGovernment And SocietyGovernment And PoliticsPower GovernmentPower PoliticsEndangerment Author:John Adams
“There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse.” WarPoliticalPoliticsDifferencesDecisionKillingDecision MakingAnti WarAntiwarMaking Decisions Author:Golda Meir
“A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.” MenMadeImportantWarFightingPoliticsFreedomChanceLibertyMilitaryWillingCreaturesGunSafetySoldierConservativeMiserableCombatFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyExertionNo WarBeing FreeBearing ArmsInspirational MilitaryBetter ManCall Of DutyAmerican SoldierEternal VigilanceMilitary HistoryAmerican MilitaryFighting For FreedomPersonal LibertyUs MilitaryUgly ThingsMilitary ManWar VeteranMilitary SoldierSoldiers At WarMilitary OperationsMilitary MemorialHistorical MilitaryUnnecessary WarPersonal SafetySpecial OperationsCombat Veterans Author:John Stuart Mill
“Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” GivingWarTruthPoliticalLyingPoliticsLanguagePeaceSoundWindPoliticianPureMurderWittyAppearanceThriveTruthfulPolitical PartiesRespectableMaking PeacePeace And JusticePeace JusticeBeing TruthfulMake Peace Not WarCitizenryPolitical WillSolidityKnowledge And PowerPoliticians And PoliticsLanguage WordsPolitical LanguageAnti PoliticalBest PoliticalFalse Appearances Author:George Orwell
“The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies.” WarFactsPoliticsPeaceCleverGiantsInternational RelationsGrimRetardedRetardPrecocious Author:Lester B. Pearson