Leo Tolstoy Quotes, War Quotes, Government Quotes

Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and a renunciation of human dignity, common sense, and conscience by the governed, and a slavish submission to those who hold power. That is what is really preached wherever patriotism is championed. Patriotism is slavery.

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Before now poetry has taken notice Of wars, and what are wars but politics Transformed from chronic to acute and bloody?

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The Romans never allowed a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war over it, because they knew that wars don't just go away, they are only postponed to someone else's advantage. Therefore, they made war with Philip and Antiochus in Greece, in order not to have to fight them in Italy... They never went by that saying which you constantly hear from the wiseacres of our day, that time heals all things. They trusted rather their own character and prudence- knowing perfectly well that time contains the seeds of all things, good as well as bad.

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Earnest Freethinkers need not worry themselves so much about the persecutions of the past. Before the Liberal idea is dead or triumphant we shall see wars and persecutions the like of which the world has never seen.

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Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.

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What my enemies call a general peace is my destruction. What I call peace is merely the disarmament of my enemies. Am I not more moderate than they?

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Rapidity is the essence of war.

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The most dangerous moment comes with victory.

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Peace is not sought in order to provoke war, but war is waged in order to attain peace.

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I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had a choice, I'd rather go to war.

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No state at war with another state should engage in hostilities of such a kind as to render mutual confidence impossible when peace will have been made.

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Intestine war no more our passions wage, And giddy factions bear away their rage.

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I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not. He put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it.

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I've made it clear, Madam President, that the war against terrorism is not a war against Muslims, nor is it a war against Arabs. It's a war against evil people who conduct crimes against innocent people.

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Like an army defeated the snow hath retreated.

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