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Robert Fisk Quotes: War is primarily not about victory or defeat but about death and the infliction of death. It represents the total failure of the human spirit.
         

War is primarily not about victory or defeat but about death and the infliction of death. It represents the total failure of the human spirit.


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It's a journalist's job to be a witness to history. We're not there to worry about ourselves. We're there to try and get as near as we can, in an imperfect world, to the truth and get the truth out.

It's a journalist's job to be a witness to history. We're not there to worry about ourselves. We're there to try and get as near as we can, in an imperfect world, to the truth and get the truth out.



Tanks come in two forms: the dangerous, deadly kind and the "liberating" kind.

Tanks come in two forms: the dangerous, deadly kind and the "liberating" kind.



The Syrian army is tired of corruption. It is tired of party nepotism. It is becoming very angry with those it blames for the war.

The Syrian army is tired of corruption. It is tired of party nepotism. It is becoming very angry with those it blames for the war.



Refuse to accept the narrative of history laid down by presidents, prime ministers, generals and journalists.

Refuse to accept the narrative of history laid down by presidents, prime ministers, generals and journalists.



Everyone outside the Roman Empire was called a barbarian. Everyone outside Obama’s empire is called a terrorist.

Everyone outside the Roman Empire was called a barbarian. Everyone outside Obama’s empire is called a terrorist.



And it's true, you hear things in Damascus and, after a few hours, the human double-take stops operating.

And it's true, you hear things in Damascus and, after a few hours, the human double-take stops operating.



Clinton impressed Assad: a young man who appeared to want to be neutral in the Arab-Israeli dispute - an illusion of course, but that's what Assad thought.

Clinton impressed Assad: a young man who appeared to want to be neutral in the Arab-Israeli dispute - an illusion of course, but that's what Assad thought.



When I saw the pictures of New York without the World Trade Center, New York looked like a shadow of itself.

When I saw the pictures of New York without the World Trade Center, New York looked like a shadow of itself.



At the end of the day, bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants Saudi Arabia. He wants to get rid of the House of Saud.

At the end of the day, bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants Saudi Arabia. He wants to get rid of the House of Saud.



Fundamentalism is not bred in poverty. There are plenty of poor countries in the world that don't have violence because amid the poverty there is a kind of justice and in some countries a democracy.

Fundamentalism is not bred in poverty. There are plenty of poor countries in the world that don't have violence because amid the poverty there is a kind of justice and in some countries a democracy.





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I am convinced now that virtually every destructive behavior and addiction I battled off and on for years was rooted in my (well-earned) insecurity.

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I think I'd be in an entirely different business if it were easy.



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There is a lot of people just shaking their heads and wondering, what was really behind this meeting [of Donald Trump and Enrique Pena] as far as from the president of Mexico.



It's your obligation to speak the truth, and everyone can either take it or leave it. But truth must be in us. We live in such a poverty of truth today.

It's your obligation to speak the truth, and everyone can either take it or leave it. But truth must be in us. We live in such a poverty of truth today.



When things go right, I read. When things go wrong, I read more.

When things go right, I read. When things go wrong, I read more.



In the winter, things are dead and dull, but then there is an explosion of life. That's what He promises people who believe in His Son. That's what all the Robertsons are banking on.

In the winter, things are dead and dull, but then there is an explosion of life. That's what He promises people who believe in His Son. That's what all the Robertsons are banking on.



I went into a shop and I said, "Can someone sell me a kettle." The bloke said "Kenwood" I said, "Where is he?"

I went into a shop and I said, "Can someone sell me a kettle." The bloke said "Kenwood" I said, "Where is he?"



It's certain there are trout somewhere - And maybe I shall take a trout - but I do not seem to care.

It's certain there are trout somewhere - And maybe I shall take a trout - but I do not seem to care.




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