American revolution Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“There are people that are convinced of the wickedness both of armies and of police forces, but who are nevertheless much more intolerant and…

— George Orwell

“an “ominous” figure suggestive of “pestilence and war.”

— Michael B. Oren

“These and similar moments from our military’s past were on my mind as the enemy in Iraq appeared ever more sinister. I sought to…

— Stanley McChrystal

“The change of character brought about by the uprush of collective forces is amazing. A gentle and reasonable being can be transformed into a…

— Carl Jung

“Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“the wisdom of crowds is sometimes overwhelmed by the madness of mobs.”

— Andrew W. Lo

Somewhere between sanity and madness lays a fine line, for some it is a tightrope walked daily, a fight for balance to be won…

— Zoë Heller

“There was something decidedly unpleasant about him, sinister, at the same time absurd, that combination of the ludicrous and alarming soon to be widely…

— Anthony Powell

It is human agitation, with all the vulgarity of needs small and great, with its flagrant disgust for the police who repress it, it…

— Georges Bataille

What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them.

— Voltaire

“There are always those who wish to sanitize war by portraying its grand and noble deeds-which sometimes occur-while drawing a veil over its shameless…

— John Ferling

Madness alone is truly terrifying, inasmuch as you cannot placate it by threats, persuasion, or bribes.

— Joseph Conrad