Ely Culbertson quotes
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“We must conquer war or war will conquer us.”
-- Ely CulbertsonSource : Ely Culbertson (1946). “Must We Fight Russia?”, Philadelphia ; Toronto : John C. Winston
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“A deck of cards is built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it, a lackey to those above it.”
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“The bizarre world of cards is a world of pure power politics where rewards and punishments are meted out immediately.”
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“Power politics is the diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.”
-- Ely CulbertsonSource : Ely Culbertson (1946). “Must We Fight Russia?”, Philadelphia ; Toronto : John C. Winston
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“God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it.”
-- Ely CulbertsonSource : Ely Culbertson (1946). “Must We Fight Russia?”, Philadelphia ; Toronto : John C. Winston
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“A deck of cards was built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it and a lackey to those above it.”
-- Ely CulbertsonSource : "Total Peace: What Makes Wars and how to Organize Peace".
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“The sum of all technical knowledge cannot make a master contract player.”
-- Ely Culbertson
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“Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.”
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“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
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“War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life.”
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Source : A.J.P. Taylor (1996). “Origin Of The Second World War”, p.18, Simon and Schuster
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“Poets by Death are conquer'd but the wit Of poets triumphs over it.”
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