Age Quote by Anonymous

In the name of a greater civilization, we curse those who for the sake of their ambitious dreams, brought about the massacre of so…

— Amadeo Bordiga

What can rulers, nobility and all the lords of the earth say to justify the horrible killing and maiming of twenty or thirty million…

— Helen Keller

And wherever men are fighting against barbarism, tyranny, and massacre, for freedom, law, and honour, let them remember that the fame of their deeds,…

— Anonymous

Memorials become relics if they do not stir our modern conscience.

— Henry Waxman

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

— Aleister Crowley

All the entertainment and talk of history is nothing almost but fighting and killing: and the honour and renown that is bestowed on conquerors…

— John Locke

Monuments may be builded to express the affection or pride of friends, or to display their wealth, but they are only valuable for the…

— James A. Garfield

The heroes of obtrusiveness, people with whom no soldier would lie down in the trenches, though he has to submit to being interviewed by…

— Karl Kraus

Through their deeds, the dead of battle have spoken more eloquently for themselves than any of the living ever could. But we can only…

— Abraham Lincoln

For having expressed an opinion, however far-fetched, we straightway become its slave, ready to die defending it, and even ready to believe it. And…

— Paul Eldridge

To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous history.

— Thomas Browne

We who have grown up on a diet of honour and shame can still grasp what must seem unthinkable to people living in the…

— Salman Rushdie