Love letters in the sand When

Love letters in the sand

When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it. All the gods are dead except the god of war. All wars eventually act as boomerangs and the victor suffers as much as the vanquished. About the quote : from My Day, February 7, 1939 It isnt enough to talk about peace. One must believe it. And it isnt enough to believe in it. One must work at it. About the quote : Roosevelt 1884-1962 was the love letters in the sand of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and an outspoken political activist in her own right. From The Anti-War Quote Book, Quirk Books, Ed. by Eric Groves Sr. Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim. My theory is, strong people dont need strong leaders. About the quote : Baker 1903-1986 was an African American civil rights worker. quote from The Anti-War Quote Book, edited Eric Groves, Sr. , pub. Quirk Books, 2008 The worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being. Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards. History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen. The first casualty of war is not truth, but perspective. Once thats gone, truth, like compassion, reason, and all the other virtues, wanders around like a wounded orphan. War is the blackest villainy of which human nature is capable. Dulce bellum inexpertis War is delightful to the inexperienced. Erasmus, the 16th-century scholar History is replete with examples of empires mounting impressive military campaigns on the cusp of their impending economic collapse. About the quote : Alterman is an American journalist, born in 19 quote from The Anti-War Quote Book, edited Eric Groves, Sr. , pub. Quirk Books, 2008 A hospital alone shows what war is. You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself. They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die love letters in the sand ones country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason. About the quote : from Notes on the Next War, published in Esquire Magazine, 1 No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one. The 1st panacea of a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the 2nd is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; a permanent ruin. For me war has become a flat, black depression without highlights, a revulsion of the mind and an exhaustion of the spirit. No war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people. God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it. Wars should be over in three days or the American people must be all for it from the outset. I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, Mother, what was war? Emergencies have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded. We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us.