"We don't call war hell because it is fought without restraint. It is more nearly right to say that, when certain restraints are passed, the hellishness of war drives us to break with every remaining restraint in order to win. Here is the ultimate tyranny: those who resist aggression are forced to imitate, and perhaps even to exceed, the brutality of the aggressor."

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Source : Michael Walzer (2015). “Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations”, p.50, Basic Books

Michael Walzer

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“If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.”

Source : "A Nomad Repaints the Globe" by PREMJI, PartridgeIndia, (p. 70), 2013.
“I had made considerable advance ... in calculations on my favourite numerical lunar theory, when I discovered that, under the heavy pressure of unusual matters (two transits of Venus and some eclipses) I had committed a grievous error in the first stage of giving numerical value to my theory. My spirit in the work was broken, and I have never heartily proceeded with it since.”
“I was a single mom that raised two bright, beautiful, and compassionate girls.”
“Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.”

Source : Patti Davis (2004). “The Long Goodbye”, Knopf
“The United Nations defines violence against women as any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.”
“It was so cold today that I saw a dog chasing a cat, and the dog was walking.”
“And you know, it's not just illegal immigration. Terrorists can come across. They're devastating our ranchers down in southern Arizona - drop houses, kidnapping, automobile accidents, extortion, drugs, the spill-over with the drug cartels. We're facing all of it.”

Source : "Exclusive: Gov. Brewer - We're Not Going to Put Up With Insecure Borders Anymore". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. April 28, 2010.
“Do you know how writers often say the characters take over... But that is more or less what it always feels like to me, too. Even though that's just a way of describing how your brain is working, it's still what you tend to feel.”

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