"Military necessity does not admit of cruelty -……" — Abraham Lincoln
"Military necessity does not admit of cruelty - that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge, . . . nor of torture to extort confessions."
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- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that. — J. J. Abrams
- Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. — Diane Ackerman
- I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not. — Lester Bangs
- We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to… — Dave Barry
- I have not heard people in the Republican Party yet admit that they have a problem. And when they do… — Glenn Beck
- At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took… — Kate Beckinsale
- Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. — Ludwig van Beethoven
- Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better… — Erma Bombeck
- In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United… — Bono
- I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. — Daniel Boone