It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense.

John Hersey
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  2. The point of modernity is to live a life without illusions while not becoming disillusioned - Antonio Gramsci

  3. A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed. - Mencius

  4. Dove la moralità è troppo forte l'intelletto perisce. - Friedrich Nietzsche

  5. My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from nothing, ' he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable 'the truth' can be. - Frank Herbert

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  1. The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it not have material and spiritual evil as its consequences which far exceed whatever good might result? When will our moralists give...

  2. It seems logical that he who supports total war in principle cannot complain of a war against civilians.

  3. The price one pays for having a kind man at one’s elbow.

  4. Do not work primarily for money; do your duty to patients first and let the money follow; our life is short, we don't live twice; the whirlwind will pick up the leaves and spin them, but then it will drop them and they will form...

  5. It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense.

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