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Tag Archives: War
Among the First Casualties
Among the First Casualtiesby Michael DoyleAmong the first casualties of warIs the promise that love will live onAnd if something goes wrong, lovers will love moreThe white heat of passion burns until it’s goneA touch, a line, a singular traceA … Continue reading
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Tagged Among, Borne, Broken Hearts, Burn, Comfort, Embrace, Fallen, Fear, First Casualties, Forget, Heart, Hide, Hope, Left Behind, Line, Linger, Lingering Memory, Live On, Love, Lovers, Mind, Mustache, Okay, Paassion, Poetry and Poems, Pretend, Promise, Reflections, Regret, Scars, Stars, Touch, Trace, Void, War, White Heat, Wish, Wounded Heart, Wrong
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First Principles: If We Desire To Secure Peace…It Must Be Known, That We Are At All Times Ready For War
“If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready … Continue reading
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Tagged All Times, Desire, First Principles, George Washington, Instrument, Insult, Known, Prosperity, Ready, Repel, Secure Peace, War
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Beginning and Ending With the Heart
Beginning and Ending With the Heartby Michael DoyleThere are more thingsWe agree onThan we disagree onThere are more common groundsThan causes for pugilistic roundsIf we only address these simplyCatholic or Protestant in IrelandTwo rooms in God’s good mansionThat need to … Continue reading
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Tagged Agree, Beginning, Common Grounds, Compassion, Compromise, Disagreement, Ending, Eyes of a Child, Golden Rule, Heart, Learning, Live Better, Loving Ways, Manger, Mercy Mild, Poetry and Poems, Simple, Strangers, Understand, War
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Thought For the Day: One Cannot Wage War Under Present Conditions Without the Support of Public Opinion, Which Is Tremendously Molded By the Press and Other Forms of Propaganda
“One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.” – General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)
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Tagged Douglas MacArthur, Molded, Present Conditions, Press, Propaganda, Public Opinion, Support, Thought For the Day, War
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First Principles: War Is Not the Best Engine For Us To Resort To; Nature Has Given Us One In Our Commerce
“War is not the best engine for us to resort to; nature has given us one in our commerce, which if properly managed, will be a better instrument for obliging the interested nations of Europe to treat us with justice.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Best Engine, Commerce, First Principles, Instrument, Justice, Manage, Nations of Europe, Nature, Oblige, Resort, Thomas Jefferson, Treat, War
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Thought For the Day: Politics Is War Without Bloodshed While War Is Politics With Bloodshed
“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” – Mao Tse-Tung (1893-1976)
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Tagged Bloodshed, Mao Tse-Tung, Politics, Thought For the Day, War, With, Without
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Thought For the Day: You May Not Be Interested In War, but War Is Very Interested In You
“You may not be interested in war, but war is very interested in you.” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1828-1910)
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Tagged Interest, Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi, Thought For the Day, War, You
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First Principles: Whensoever Hostile Aggression…Requires A Resort To War, We Must Meet Our Duty and Convince the World That We Are Just Friends and Brave Enemies
“Whensoever hostile aggression…requires a resort to war, we must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged Brave Enemies, Convince, Duty, First Principles, Hostile Aggression, Just Friends, Resort, The World, Thomas Jefferson, War
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Thought For the Day: The Force Which Makes For War Does Not Derive Its Strength From the Interested Motives of Evil Men; It Derives Its Strength From the Disinterested Motives of Good Men
“The force which makes for war does not derive its strength from the interested motives of evil men; it derives its strength from the disinterested motives of good men.” -Norman Angell, lecturer, author, MP, and Nobel laureate (1872-1967)
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Tagged Derive, Disinterested Motives, Evil Men, Force, Good Men, Interested Motives, Makes, Norman Angell, Strength, Thought For the Day, War
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