"Sir, it is true that republics have often been cradled in war, but more often they have met with a grave in that cradle. Peace is the interest, the policy, the nature of a popular Government. War may bring benefits to a few, but privation and loss are the lot of the many. An appeal to arms should be the last resort, and only by national rights or national honor can it be justified."

-- Jefferson Davis

#War Quotes #Loss Quotes #Rights Quotes

“If you want a symbol of Roman power and strength look no further than the Praetorian or Imperial Guard. We could take this one step further. It was this world of Roman power into which Christ came, in which the Apostles ministered, in which the New Testament authors wrote, and in which Christianity came into being. And to all of those things, Rome stood opposed, violently opposed.”
“I sat in the dark and thought: Thereâ€™s no big apocalypse. Just an endless procession of little ones.”
“Behind good brands lie stakeholder companies.”
“There are two ways to argue with a woman, and neither of them work.”
“But I know somebody who has a bedside urinal. How do I compete with that?”
“Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.”
“Damn it all, it's the first duty of a soldier - it's the first duty of all Englishmen - to be able to tell a good lie in answer to a charge.”

Source : Ford Madox Ford (2012). “Parade's End”, p.77, Vintage
“We do not possess an 'ego.' We are possessed by the idea of one.”

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