Monday, October 16, 2017

The Ravages of War (Gettysburg Part 2)

Lest we forget- Rudyard Kipling



What man has done to his own kind is the most horrific thing imaginable!
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”― Voltaire
“Our hearts, the war.  Her body, the battlefield.” ― Rick Yancey, The Last Star
“All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.” ― John Steinbeck
“How is it possible to have a civil war?” ― George Carlin
United we stand; divided we fall.  - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)

Violence begets violence.    Martin Luther King Jr.
“who wishes to fight must first count the cost” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

War ends nothing. - Central African proverb

War is sweet to those who haven't experienced it.      Latin (on war and peace)


“War is what happens when language fails.” ― Margaret Atwood

“No soldier ever really survives a war.” ― Audie Murphy

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” ― Plato

“If we don't end war, war will end us.” ― H.G. Wells
“and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.” ― Ruskin Bond, Scenes from a Writer's Life

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