Hugh quotes

Hugh quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“We shall not surrender.”
-- Hugh

#War Quotes #Surrender Quotes

“To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of the poor animals is Satan's philosophy. In this age there is always enmity against poor animals, and therefore the poor creatures are always anxious. The reaction of the poor animals is being forced on human society, and therefore there is always strain of cold or hot war between men, individually, collectively or nationally.”
“Violence begets violence by whomever used. War is a dirty business and entails the use of degrading means, whoever wages it.”
“The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.”

Source : A J P Taylor (1974). “The First World War: An Illustrated History”, p.15, Penguin UK
“Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.”

Source : A.J.P. Taylor (1996). “Origin Of The Second World War”, p.18, Simon and Schuster
“No war is inevitable until it breaks out.”
“Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.”
“Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain. Fancy giving money to the Government! Nobody will see the stuff again. Well, they've not idea what money's for- Ten to one they'll start another war. I've heard a lot of silly things, but, Lor'! Fancy giving money to the Government!”
“Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.”
“To struggle is difficult but to surrender is easy. Surrender is the beginning of devotion.”
“All you must do is accecpt all that is unaccecptable to you.”

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