Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2011-05-31 May 31, 2011Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.~ ThucydidesThe essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.~ John A. FisherThe bad thing of war is, that it makes more evil people than it can take away.~ Immanuel Kant May 30, 2011In Defense Of Freedom ... (more)~ National Press Club May 27, 2011A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. I would rather you made your appraisal after seeing what the enemy does, since it is certain that, angered and outraged, he will soon launch a determined counterattack.~ Admiral Isoroku YamamotoThere was never a good war, or a bad peace.~ Benjamin FranklinPut up again thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish by the sword.~ Jesus of Nazareth May 26, 2011The war made possible for us the solution of a whole series of problems that could never have been solved in normal times.~ Joseph Paul GoebbelsWhen the news first came that Japan had attacked us my first feeling was of relief that … a crisis had come in a way which would unite all our people. This continued to be my dominant feeling in spite of the news of catastrophes which quickly developed.~ Henry StimsonMy mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military.~ Major General Smedley Darlington Butler May 25, 2011A war, even the most successfull one, is a national misfortune.~ Helmuth JamesSince National Socialism came to power, I have striven to make its consequences milder for its victims and to prepare the way for a change. In that, my conscience drove me -- and in the end, that is a man's duty.~ Helmuth JamesToday, not a numerous, but an active part of the German people are beginning to realize, not that they have been led astray, not that bad times await them, not that the war may end in defeat, but that what is happening is sin and that they are personally responsible for each terrible deed that has been committed -- naturally, not in the earthly sense, but as Christians.~ Helmuth James Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print