Accounts Quote by Jonathan Haidt

The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.

— Chris Hedges

“most men consider their rationally selected actions are in fact idiosyncratic responses that have grown strong enough, through repeated use, to overpower other urges…

— Caleb Carr

The only thing that makes battle psychologically tolerable is the brotherhood among soldiers. You need each other to get by.

— Sebastian Junger

“Many historians have noted an interesting phenomenon in American life in the years immediately after a war. In the councils of government fierce partisanship…

— E.L. Doctorow

I don't like a tremendous amount of conflict. I don't think that fighting and passion are the same thing.

— Tina Fey

People who are vigorous and brutal often find war enjoyable.

— Bertrand Russell

Some people are more interested in fighting than winning.

— DeRay Mckesson

Victory in combat is like sex with a prostitute. For a moment you forget everything in the sudden physical rush, but then you have…

— Karl Marlantes

Men who are addicted to the passions are like the torch-carrier running against the wind; his hands are sure to be burned.

— Gautama Buddha

“It is not uncommon for fighters’ camps to be gloomy. In heavy training, fighters live in dimensions of boredom others do not begin to…

— Norman Mailer

There are two kinds of men and women, those who have in them resisting as their way of winning those who have in them…

— Gertrude Stein

Great battles are really won before they are actually fought. To control our passions we must govern our habits, and keep watch over ourselves…

— John Lubbock