"Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

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Alfred Adler, Austrian Psychologist

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"Why do we decorate the world with the ugliness of war when nature is so beautiful and kind?"

"Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war."

"America is the world's top war-master, the most sophisticated killer-culture in history."

"Somewhere close bye, a man is moaning; he's been trampled or thrown or bitten. He sounds resentful or surprised. Did no one tell him that pain lives in this sand, dug in and watered with our blood?"

"Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy."

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"It's not that success is guaranteed that we go to war. It's because it is the only alternative we have left to avoid annihilation."

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"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains."

"Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases."

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