Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched."
[My Uncle Sosthenes]
Stichwörter: fanaticism patriotism religion extremism wars
For now. But if I ever decide you're useless, you are a dead man."
To be killed by you is to be desired more than a life excluded from your service."
Bravo." Her Imperial Viciousness laughed with genuine feeling. "Bra-vo!
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Only the previous day, Arch had found him in a spirit-dance corral, blistering the creatures to the point of death, such was his need to touch and destroy.
Frank BeddorStichwörter: dance death weird seeing spirit glass destroy looking wars redd arch blister corral
And even, if circumstances required, a contingency plan for his contingency plan's contingency plan.
Frank BeddorStichwörter: humor weird seeing glass circumstances plan looking wars redd arch contingency
Well now," the scholar went on, "I'm just an old fuddy-duddy who could use a tan, so you needn't grant my opinion any authority, but I consider the queendom lucky that a handful of Milliners and their children lived incognito among the population during Redd's tyranny.
Frank BeddorStichwörter: humor tyranny weird frank seeing glass scholar looking wars redd beddor incognito milliners queendom tan
After a long silence, Dodge cleared his throat. "I think I speak for all of us when I say, 'Huh?'"
-Dodge(obviously)
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It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking.
Ron PaulStichwörter: war wars central-bank federal-reserve fiat fiat-money paper-money
But change proves that you are still alive. Change often measures our tolerance for folk different from ourselves. Can we accept their languages, their customs, their garments, and their foods into our own lives? If we can, then we form bonds, bonds that make wars less likely. If we cannot, if we believe that we must do things as we have always done them, then we must either fight to remain as we are, or die
Robin HobbStichwörter: difference change wars
...the consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival.
George OrwellStichwörter: wars
Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons.
Arundhati RoyStichwörter: militarism armies altruism wars
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