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Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.

Omar N. Bradley

Stichwörter: science humanity ethics peace war technology humanism imperialism nuclear-weapons

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A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.

Aldous Huxley

Stichwörter: power society war democracy tyranny

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Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane?

Terry Pratchett

Stichwörter: humor insanity war religion

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Anyway, why would you trust anything written down? She certainly didn't trust "Mothers of Borogravia!" and that was from the government. And if you couldn't trust the government, who could you trust?
Very nearly everyone, come to think of it...

Terry Pratchett

Stichwörter: humor lies war government propaganda

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God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

Mark Twain

Stichwörter: war geography americans

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We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children

Howard Zinn

Stichwörter: war

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Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.

Malcolm X

Stichwörter: peace war revolution violence arms pacifism armed-struggle

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My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat, situation excellent. I attack.

Ferdinand Foch

Stichwörter: war military world-war-i

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[N]icht durch Reden und Majoritätsbeschlüsse werden die großen Fragen der Zeit entschiedenen [...] sondern durch Eisen und Blut.