John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair quotes

“It may be true that every necessary war must also really be a just war; but it does not absolutely follow that every just war is a necessary war.”
-- John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

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“I really think that the Liberal Party is dead and that one will simply have to think of men and policies after the war - not of parties.”
-- John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

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“Chris Smith is openly gay and I think Peter Mandelson is certainly gay.”
-- John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

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“It is said about Lord Buddha sadaya-hrdaya darsita-pasu-ghatam. He saw the whole human race going to hell by this animal killing. So he appeared to teach ahimsa, nonviolence, being compassionate on the animals and human beings. In the Christian religion also, it is clearly stated, 'Thou shall not kill'. So everywhere animal killing is restricted. In no religion the unnecessary killing of animals is allowed. But nobody is caring. The killing process is increasing, and so are the reactions. Every ten years you will find a war. These are the reactions.”

“To the Parisians, and especially to the children, all Americans are now 'heros du cinema.' This is particularly disconcerting to sensitive war correspondents, if any, aware, as they are, that these innocent thanks belong to those American combat troops who won the beachhead and then made the breakthrough. There are few such men in Paris.”

“We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life.”

Source : "Our Generation Against Nuclear War". Book by Dimitrios I. Roussopoulos, 1983.

“War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life.”

“No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.”

“This book has been a catalogue of mistakes by politicians, moral and practical disasters which led to wars, enslavement and wretchedness on a scale which no previous age could have dreaded or dreamed of.”

“Let's stop somebody from doing something! Everybody does too much.”

“Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?”

Source : Michael A. Stackpole, Aaron Allston (2016). “The X-Wing Series: Star Wars Legends 10-Book Bundle: Rogue Squadron, Wedge's Gamble, The Krytos Trap, The Bacta War, Wraith Squadron ,Iron Fist, Solo Command, Isard's Revenge, Starfighters of Adumar, Mercy Kill”, p.1629, Del Rey

“You will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will progress farther by reason of your labors.”

“The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.”