Brilliant Quote by Lytton Strachey

It was rather a cessation of war than a beginning of peace. [Lat., Bellum magis desierat, quam pax coeperat.]

— Tacitus

All nations struggle in the aftermath of civil war. More than 100 years after the English Civil War, for instance, any prelate who was…

— Amanda Foreman

It had been boldly predicted by some of the early Christians that the conversion of the world would lead to the establishment of perpetual…

— William Edward Hartpole Lecky

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.

— Lionel Blue

It was a time of madness, the sort of mad-hysteria that always presages war. There seems to be nothing left but war--when any population…

— Rebecca Latimer Felton

[In] the national and religious conflict of the [Byzantine and Saracen] empires, peace was without confidence, and war without mercy.

— Edward Gibbon

“In all of these countries, a significant portion of the population had abandoned their faith in the ideological constructs of power, just as previous…

— Chris Hedges

The world was arrogant and self-satisfied, but behind all this confidence there was an uneasy sense of impending disaster. The old creeds, both religious…

— John Buchan

Whenever the clergy succeeded in conquering political power in any country, the result has been disastrous to the interests of religion and inimical to…

— James Connolly

Throughout history, religious wars have always been the most brutal and cruel and merciless.

— Al Gore

The religious wars showed that the Christian faith was no longer Europe's unifying force. A new common ground was needed, and it was found…

— Walter Kasper

At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power rests with the most abandoned.

— Anonymous