Civil war Quote by Mike Duncan

“that in the midst of murders and civil wars, our republic became stronger [and] its citizens infused with virtues.… A little bit of agitation…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Where there are repeated wars, the people are weakened; when they score repeated victories, rulers become haughty. Let haughty rulers command weakened people, and…

— Sun Tzu

“It is a great deal to fight while despising war, to accept losing everything while still preferring happiness, to face destruction while cherishing the…

— Albert Camus

“Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her…

— Tom Holland

“a great nation must go on arming itself more and more, not for conquest—not for jealousy—not for war—but for peace!”

— Sinclair Lewis

“In a similar way, The Art of War pinpoints anger and greed as fundamental causes of defeat.”

— Sun Tzu

“The great rich nation had made triumphant war, suffered enough for poignancy but not enough for bitterness - hence the carnival, the feasting, the…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“The willingness to undertake such action cannot be based on certainties, but on those possibilities glimpsed in a reading of history different from the…

— Howard Zinn

“Just as victorious were God's rewards to virtuous ppl,so defeats were His means of shaking the country out of its complacency, spurring it on…

— Lynne Withey

“As we celebrate the 150th anniversary of this tragic event in the American past, democracy is no longer being threatened by secession, slavery, or…

— John Fea

“One nation is weakened by a victory, another finds new forces in defeat”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“that the whole nation, tired of war, actually only longed for order, quiet, and a little security and bourgeois life. And, secretly it hated…

— Stefan Zweig