Quotes April 30, 2021

But what a cruel thing is war; to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world! I pray that on this day, when only peace and good-will are preached to mankind, better thoughts may fill the hearts of our enemies and turn them to peace. Robert E. Lee, letter to wife, Christmas Day, 1862
 
 
 
 
“In 1945, when the male soldiers started coming back home from Europe, she and all the other women pilots that had served as WASPs during the war were unceremoniously told to go home and never received a dime or even thanks from the government.”
Fannie Flagg
 
 
 
 
I’m fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.
George McGovern
 
 
 
 
If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
Donald Rumsfeld
 
 
 
 
“It’s enough already – we can’t keep sacrificing lives of our siblings, of our children, of our friends at the borders, simply to appease the nationalist insecurities of a handful of brain-less chimps.”
Abhijit Naskar, When Humans Unite: Making A World Without Borders
 
 
 
 
First, freedom is never free; in fact, it has always been bought at great cost, whether on the battlefield, in the legislative assembly, in the law courts, in the schoolroom, or in synagogues, temples or churches. Also, it is never self-perpetuating, but has had to be rewon again and again…
Author unknown, 1960s