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Herodotus – War Violates the Order of Nature
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons. Herodotus
Nuclear Giants and Ethical Infants
“We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing that we … Continue reading
Camus on Where War Resides
“We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives, that it is inside ourselves.” -Albert Camus
Agatha Christie on War
“One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.” Agatha Christie
Symbols of Human Failure
“The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.” -Lyndon Johnson