The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is being attacked, and every man will be glad… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Violence as a way of gaining power... is being camouflaged under the guise of tradition, national honor [and] national security... — Alfred Adler Copy Share Image
The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall. — Taylor Caldwell Copy Share Image
I have seen men march to the wars, and then I have watched their homeward tread, and they brought back bodies of… — Edmund Vance Cooke Copy Share Image
Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
And so long as they were at war, their power was preserved, but when they had attained empire they fell, for of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Have not I myself known five hundred living soldiers sabred into crows' meat for a piece of glazed cotton, which they call… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image