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A world without war is not in the cards.


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War is the greatest fun man can have with his pants on.

War is the greatest fun man can have with his pants on.



The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he needs to be approached not as an assembly of 'targets' to be destroyed one by one; but as a living, intelligent entity capable of acting and reacting.

The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he needs to be approached not as an assembly of 'targets' to be destroyed one by one; but as a living, intelligent entity capable of acting and reacting.



We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets of our air force.

We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets of our air force.



As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force as to turn it from a struggle into suicide.

As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force as to turn it from a struggle into suicide.



I want to put any number of assorted 'ists' - such as relativists, deconstructionists, destructivists, postmodernists, the more maudlin kind of pacifists and feminists - firmly in their place.

I want to put any number of assorted 'ists' - such as relativists, deconstructionists, destructivists, postmodernists, the more maudlin kind of pacifists and feminists - firmly in their place.



Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those affected.

Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those affected.



If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel... if you let him kill you, then you are an idiot.

If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel... if you let him kill you, then you are an idiot.



In the future as in the past, both Clausewitz and Sun Tzu will undoubtedly have a lot to offer.

In the future as in the past, both Clausewitz and Sun Tzu will undoubtedly have a lot to offer.



Obviously, we don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons and I don't know if they're developing them, but if they're not developing them, they're crazy.

Obviously, we don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons and I don't know if they're developing them, but if they're not developing them, they're crazy.



Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me.

Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me.





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Rejection is a big part of show business. It can be tough on anyone who doesn't have fairly good self-esteem. Especially kids, as they try to discover who they are.

Rejection is a big part of show business. It can be tough on anyone who doesn't have fairly good self-esteem. Especially kids, as they try to discover who they are.



It is a novel kind of supremacy, the best that life can offer, to have as servants by skill those who by nature are our masters.

It is a novel kind of supremacy, the best that life can offer, to have as servants by skill those who by nature are our masters.



We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.

We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.



One things there's no getting by, I've been a wicked girl, Says I... But, if I can't be sorry I might as well be glad !

One things there's no getting by, I've been a wicked girl, Says I... But, if I can't be sorry I might as well be glad !



There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing.

There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing.



If you don't ask for what you need, the need will keep getting bigger.

If you don't ask for what you need, the need will keep getting bigger.



Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.

Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.



If you recognize a face while surfing through 200 channels, you will stop and listen. Celebrities give a positive aura and people like them. Their message appeals to people.

If you recognize a face while surfing through 200 channels, you will stop and listen. Celebrities give a positive aura and people like them. Their message appeals to people.



In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.

In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.




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