#aggression

It would be well to realize that the talk of ‘humane methods of warfare’, of the ‘rules of civilized warfare’, and all such homage to the finer sentiments of the race are hypocritical and unreal, and only intended for the consumption of stay-at-homes. There are no humane methods of warfare, there is no such thing as civilized warfare; all warfare is inhuman, all warfare is barbaric; the first blast of the bugles of war ever sounds for the time being the funeral knell of human progress… What lover of humanity can view with anything but horror the prospect of this ruthless destruction of human life. Yet this is war: war for which all the jingoes are howling, war to which all the hopes of the world are being sacrificed, war to which a mad ruling class would plunge a mad world. ↗

— James Connolly

#civilized #death #destruction #elite #humanity

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#even #lie #murder #often #possible

To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury in the Art of Peace. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#art #control #inflicting #injure #injury

The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#become #engagement #face #governments #often

Since the end of the Cold War, Soviet aggression had been replaced by a number of particularly venomous threats, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama bin Laden. ↗

— Barbara Olson

#been #bin #cold #cold war #end

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#begins #believe #cheap #governments #history

My aggression out there is my weapon. I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going to let them get away with something, and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies. ↗

— Andy Roddick

#away #back #content #get #going

The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man. ↗

— Ho Chi Minh

#deeply #face #freedom #independence #love

Football changed my life and it gave me a platform to get out my aggression and it gave me a sense of value. ↗

— Dwayne Johnson

#changed #football #gave #get #life

Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not be, a mindless escalation. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#because #escalation #increased #mindless #numbers