"Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient?"

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"Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient?"

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"But to us of a later generation...it is inconceivable that millions of Christian men should have killed and tortured each other, because Napoleon was ambitious, Alexander firm, English policy crafty, and the Duke of Oldenburg hardly treated. We cannot grasp the connections between these circumstances and the bare fact of murder and violence, nor why the duke's wrongs should induce thousands of men from the other side of Europe to pillage and murder the inhabitants of the Smolensk and Moscow provinces and to be slaughtered by them."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

War, Violence, History, Conflict

"Military foolishness is ultimately suicidal. They believe that by risking death they pay the price of any violent behavior against enemies of their own choosing. They have the invader mentality, that false sense of freedom from responsibility for your own actions."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

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"That's the attractive thing about war, said Rosewater. "Absolutely everybody gets a little something."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

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"Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war."

Simone Weil, French Philosopher

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"War is the business of barbarians."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

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"What obsession do men have for destruction and murder? Who do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled 'enemy?"

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

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"The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war."

Ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist

War, Philosophy

"The casualty of war is our disappearing humanity."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

War, Humanity, Loss, Peace

"Rostov kept thinking about that brilliant feat of his, which, to his surprise, had gained him the St. George Cross and even given him the reputation of a brave man - and there was something in it that he was unable to understand. "So they're even more afraid than we are!" he thought. "So that's all there is to so-called heroism? And did I really do it for the fatherland? And what harm had he done, with his dimple and his light blue eyes? But how frightened he was! He thought I'd kill him. Why should I kill him? My hand faltered. And they gave me the St. George Cross. I understand nothing, nothing!"

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

War, Fear, Heroism, Reputation, Understanding

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"I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion."

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"War is something Arafat sends others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent caused the failure of the Camp David negotiations, Clinton's mediation."

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"I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion."

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"Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare."

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"Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion."

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"I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger."

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"I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism."

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"Wojtyla was a warrior, who did more to end the Soviet Union than even America."

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"I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant."

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"Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon."

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