"A "just war" is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose shelter every abomination can be committed with a clear conscience."

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Source : New Statesman and Society (Magazine), February 8, 1991.

Alexander Cockburn

#War Quotes #Self Quotes #Deception Quotes

“When you are perfect, is there anywhere else to go?”

Source : Mary E. Pearson (2009). “The Adoration of Jenna Fox”, p.109, Macmillan
“Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without. [There is fault on both sides.]”
“You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It's the closest music to our humanity - it's like a folk music that rises up out of a culture.”
“Selling is the easiest job in the world if you work it hard-but the hardest job in the world if you try to work it easy.”

Source : Frank Bettger (2009). “How I Raised Myself From Failure”, p.28, Simon and Schuster
“Unraveling the euro is a terrible thing. This is a 50-year endeavor to get this continent together and that's a wonderful endeavor.”
“Death only this mysterious truth unfolds, The mighty soul how small a body holds.”
“I believe - I'm not a political expert, but I believe there is a broad consensus, a middle ground if you will, that Democrats and Republicans, business people and workers can agree on, to get this - the economy growing faster, getting people back to work.”
“When the storms of life strike, it's what happens in you that will determine what happens to you.”

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