RT On Air

Friday, 12 November 2004

some interesting quotes

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotsim that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong no matter who does it or who says it. - Malcolm X

No war is inevitable until it breaks out. - A. J. P. Taylor

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself. - Lao Tzu

Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war. - Robert Higgs

Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies. - W. L. George

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. - David Friedman

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation form their purposes. - Carl P. G. von Clausewitz

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. - Ronald Reagan

We all have to be concerned about terrorism, but you will never end terrorism by terrorizing others. - Martin Luther King III

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

We are the ones responsible to determine whether the war that our marines, soldiers and airmen are fighting in is worth the cause... - Scott Ritter

Uncalled for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population... - Jean-Paul Sartre

We have guided missiles and misguided men. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Peace is not the absence of war; it is a virtue; a state of mind; a disposition for benevolence; confidence; and justice. - Spinoza
Lives based on having are less free than lives based on doing or on being - William James