War & Conflict Sayings

I like to be a good person. And it's not easy. It's not easy to be a good person, because you're always fighting against something. You're always fighting against yourself, or you're fighting against somebody else.

We do hereby command all parties of military to arrest all persons who shall dare to call this city San Francisco 'Frisco,' a term which we consider an insult to our Imperial dignity.

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

I have had this inscription of Dharma engraved in order that my sons and great-grandsons may not consider making new conquests, or that if military conquests are made, that they be done with forbearance and light punishment, or better still, that the…