But people misunderstand warfare and think it is an end unto itself. But on the international stage, war is nothing more than another tool of diplomacy. If your country doesn’t have a credible, powerful military force capable of bringing pain, death, and destruction to an enemy, then your diplomats can’t get much done, because you simply aren’t powerful–there’s no threat of pain they can wield. That’s why the western Pacific island nation of Nauru doesn’t have a seat on the UN Security Council. Not recognizing this principle is shortsighted (no disrespect intended to the fine people of Nauru). Jamie Smith
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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H.l. Mencken
Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.
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Warren W. Wiersbe
If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.
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Sue Monk Kidd
I observe and remain silent.
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Elizabeth I
It shocked his sense of dramatic economy that they should have to resort to violence when the same result could have been obtained by a minimum expenditure of energy.
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Hope Mirrlees
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But people misunderstand warfare and think it is an end unto itself. But on the international stage, war is nothing more than another tool of diplomacy. If your country doesn’t have a credible, powerful military force capable of bringing pain, death, and destruction to an...
