“Everything that steel achieves in war can be won in politics by eloquence”
Demetrius (Phalereus)
“You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”
Howard Zinn
“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.”
John Adams
“Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
Hermann Goering
“I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, natural history and naval architecture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, tapestry, and porcelain.”
