Doing things Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“Not many people are enemies to anyone. But the ones full of greed or hate, pride or fear—their passion is strong enough to lever…

— Orson Scott Card

“themselves to remember the truth, and not the sentimentalities with which we all shield ourselves from the horrors of which we are capable ……

— Doris Lessing

“One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people…

— George Orwell

“The psychological components of war have not gone away—dominance, vengeance, callousness, tribalism, groupthink, self-deception”

— Steven Pinker

“All warfare is based on deception. For years, the West hypocrisy has made the world a battlefield. The corrupt talk while our brothers and…

— Vladimer Makarov

“When the war heats up and we doubt that we will ever change, we must remember that our old person, filled with self-deceiving desires,…

— Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

So great are the psychological restistances to war in modern nations, that every war must appear to be a war of defence against a…

— Harold Lasswell

“That is how war corrupts us. It plays on our pride in our own free will.”

— John Fowles

“War is too messy to produce easy heroes and villains; there are always brave people on the wrong side, and evil men among the…

— Ben Macintyre

“Men who have been in war have a different attitude about being wronged.”

— Dan Groat

“War is essentially dehumanising'. 'It's trying to portray your enemy as less human than you are'.”

— Ken Burns

“War teaches us honesty. Honesty with ourselves. For war is a merciless debunker; it debunks great and small alike…When bombs are crashing and fires…

— Rulka Langer