You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. —George Bernard Shaw More about this quote Tags: humanity peace patriotism quiet Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder. —Albert Einstein More about this quote Tags: war heroism morality music violence patriotism killing murder civilization Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Probably no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. —Abraham Flexner More about this quote Tags: war choice nations wealth civilization Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Frederick William was deeply disappointed by his son, the future Frederick the Great, who in his youth seemed more interested in French culture, music, and literature than in the military virtues. The father's disaffection turned to actual hatred, and his treatment became so harsh that the young prince decided to run away, with the aid of two accomplices, Lieutenants Katte and Keith. The plan was discovered; Keith escaped, but the prince and Katte were captured and court-martialed. Katte was sentenced to life imprisonment, Frederick to solitary confinement. Frederick William, deciding that Katte's sentence was too lenient, had him beheaded in the presence of Prince Frederick. This drastic measure had the desired effect; Frederick asked the king's pardon and began to apply himself to acquiring the Prussian military philosophy. —The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes More about this quote Tags: history music escape art youth culture literature Prussia Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All wars are wars among thieves who are too cowardly to fight and who therefore induce the young manhood of the whole world to do the fighting for them. —Emma Goldman More about this quote Tags: cowardice fighting Wars draft Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Conservatives have historically seen people falling through the cracks in society and said, That's the way things work, survival of the fittest. Liberals see people falling through the cracks and say, We've got to do something about those people falling through the cracks, so we need a strong government that can provide programs and assist those people. Populists say there shouldn't be any cracks; let's fix them. —Jim Hightower More about this quote Tags: politics society government conservative liberal populism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If all the rich men in the world divided up their money amongst themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go round. —Christina Stead More about this quote Tags: enough world money wealth greed sufficiency Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We must be careful that the people who make $5,000 a year are not pitted against those who make $25,000 a year by those who make $900,000. —Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski More about this quote Tags: politics wealth class Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for errors; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes. —Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington More about this quote Tags: error crime wealth vice class Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have two enemies in all the world, / Two twins, inseparably pooled: / The hunger of the hungry and the fullness of the full. —Marina Tsvetaeva More about this quote Tags: hunger enemies fullness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
America was not established to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal — to discover and maintain liberty among men. —Woodrow Wilson More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it . . . a sure sense that so much work has been done well, and fruitfully done, whatever the world may say or think about it. —John Ruskin More about this quote Tags: success happiness work need Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The darkest hour in the history of any young man is when he sits down to study how to get money without honestly earning it. —Horace Greeley More about this quote Tags: history learning money earning studying Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. So I said, "Got any shoes you're not using? —Steven Wright More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I am still looking for the modern equivalent of those Quakers who ran successful businesses, made money because they offered honest products and treated their people decently, worked hard, spent honestly, saved honestly, gave honest value for money, put back more than they took out, and told no lies. This business creed, sadly, seems long forgotten. —Anita Roddick More about this quote Tags: honesty religion money business Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email