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War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade. |
| in Game Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley |
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The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.- Alexander Cockburn
To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.
But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.
The search for truth is not a trade by which a man can support himself; for a priest it is a supreme peril .
Never injure a friend, even in jest.
