"In a guerrilla war, the line between legitimate and illegitimate killing is blurred. The policies of free-fire zones, in which a soldier is permitted to shoot at any human target, armed or unarmed, further confuse the fighting man's moral senses."

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Source : Philip Caputo (2014). “A Rumor of War”, p.327, Macmillan

Philip Caputo

#War Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Men Quotes

“To make ourselves invisible to creditors or to the envious, and even to our own worries, we can take advantage here on earth of a great democratic institution-in fact, democracy's only success-the night.”
“Becoming a father made me a lot more sentimental than I ever was before. I never cried at movies before I became a parent. I feel music more intensely. I think of my political ideas as ideas about how I want to interact with other human beings as opposed to abstract theories about how the world should be.”
“Writers in a profit making economy are an exploitable commodity whose works are products to be marketed, and are so judged and handled.”
“In the West, we got the message that it's not cool to wear ivory. It's not cool to utilize products from these wonderful species. They are not commodities. We need the whole world to join hands in getting this message now, particularly countries in Asia and certain communities that have not been educated about this. They have not had the campaigns that we had.”
“A good golf course makes you want to play so badly that you hardly have the time to change your shoes.”
“We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct.”
“The motivation of all artists is 'Look at me, Mum'.”

Source : Sebastian Horsley (2016). “Dandy in the Underworld”, p.292, Hachette UK
“We must live by the light of our own self-satisfaction, through that secret vital busy inwardness which is even more remarkable than our reason.”

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