Heroism by order, senseless violence, and all the pestilent nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism — how I hate them! War seems to me a mean, … more
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Baruch Spinoza on peace as a virtue
@ 31/01/12 – 23:25:23
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice." - Baruch Spinoza, in Theological-Political … more -
Mark Twain on the atrocity of atrocities
@ 29/05/11 – 00:10:03
“Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold … more -
Jacob Bronowski on the roots of war
@ 16/03/11 – 12:15:12
Of course, it's tempting to close one's eyes to history and instead to speculate about the roots of war in some possible animal instinct. As if, like … more -
Benjamin Franklin on war and peace
@ 24/01/11 – 22:21:57
"There never was a good war, or a bad peace." - Benjamin Franklin in a letter to Josiah Quincy (1783) Some ideas of my own that were raised by … more -
Bertrand Russell on birth control
@ 28/12/10 – 20:57:09
[ ... ] War, as I remarked a moment ago, has hitherto been disappointing in this respect, but perhaps bacteriological war may prove more effective. If ... more -
Seneca on crimes committed by nations
@ 15/07/10 – 11:07:45
"We are mad, not only individually, but nationally. We check manslaughter and isolated murders; but what of war and the much-vaunted crime of slaughtering … more -
George Orwell on highly civilized human beings trying to kill him
@ 16/03/10 – 23:08:07
[ ... ] war. Most human beings instinctively know that war must be wrong, as arbitrarily killing other people is wrong in all cultures on the earth. On ... more
