John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher quotes
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“The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.”
-- John Fisher, 1st Baron FisherSource : Lecture notes 1899-1902, in R. H. Bacon Life of Lord Fisher (1929) vol. 1, ch. 7
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“Our society's values are being corrupted by advertising's insistence on the equation: youth equals popularity, popularity equals success, success equals happiness.”
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“History is a record of exploded ideas.”
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“All nations want peace, but they want a peace that suits them.”
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“In war the first principle is to disobey orders. Any fool can obey orders!”
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“Inconsistency is the bugbear of fools! I wouldn't give a damn for a fellow who couldn't change his mind with a change of conditions.”
-- John Fisher, 1st Baron FisherSource : "Deadnought: Britain, Germany and the Comiing of the Great War". Book by Robert K. Massie, letter to former Prime Minister Arthur Balfour, 1991.
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Source : A. J. Muste's statement of 1941, as quoted in Howard Zinn "A People's History" (p. 416), 1980, and later quoted in Howard Zinn "The Twentieth Century: A People's History" (p. 159), May 9, 1984.
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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. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.226, Simon and Schuster
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“I'm not going to appeal to violence or aggression - of course not.”
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