Ponderings for fun

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"The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness"
-Dr Samuel Johnson, essayist, biographer, and poet

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"
Dr Samuel Johnson

"To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion(attack) into a rich country is never hurtful"
-Dr Samuel Johnson

"Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections(about the attempt) must be first overcome"
-Dr Samuel Johnson

"No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in jail, with a chance of being drowned… A man in jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company"
-Dr Samuel Johnson

"Liberty, too, must be limited in order to be possessed"
-Edmund Burke, British author, philosopher, and political theorist

"You can never play the future by the past"
-Edmund Burke

"All that is essential for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing"
-Edmund Burke

"History is indeed (of)little more(importance) than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind"
-Edward Gibbon, English historian and MP

Parhphrased quote:
Your attitude about the enemy second guessing of your power is what they think about you the most
-Frederick II the Great, King of Prussia

"Without supplies no army is brave"
-Frederick II the Great

"Everything which the enemy least expects will succeed the best"
-Frederick II the Great

"Artillery adds dignity to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl"
-Frederick II the Great

Parhphrased quote:
Don't forgot your big guns, they are the best reason to explain why you have power
-Frederick II the Great

"If soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army"
-Frederick II the Great

"We are made for action, and activity is the sovereign(best) remedy for all physical ills"
-Frederick II the Great

"The most beautiful girl or woman in the world would be a matter of indifference to me, but tall soldiers - they are my weakness"
-Frederick William I, King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg

"No, not quite naked. I shall have my uniform on"
-Frederick William I his last words

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you"
-Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher

"Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain"
-Friedrich von Schiller, German poet and philosopher

"A historian is a prophet in reverse"
-Friedrich von Schlegel, German poet

"Mad, is he? Then I hope that he will bite some of my other generals!"
-George III, King of Great Britain, speaking of General Wolfe

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength"
-George Orwell, British author and journalist

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace"
-George Washington, 1st US President

"War - an act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will"
-George Washington

"My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth"
-George Washington

"Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak, and esteem to all"
-George Washington

"Every post is honourable in which a man can serve his country"
-George Washington

"To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff"
-George Washington
*milta are basically civlans with guns fighting as reconginzied soldiers for their country mostly out of necessity. Milta have no trianing. Imagine fighting a war against and army and you just learned to fire a gun yesterday. Back then guns were so inaccruate and inefficent only those trained were very effective with them*

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master"
-George Washington

"T'is well"
-George Washington his last word

"I would rather wear out than rust out"
-George Whitefield, British Methodist preacher

"Show my head to the people. It is worth seeing"
-Georges Danton, French radical, his last words before being guillotined

"Men rush to arms(war) for slight causes, or no cause at all, and once taken up there is no longer any respect for law, divine or human"
-Huig de Groot, Dutch jurist and philosopher

"Prudence approaches, conscience accuses"
-Immanuel Kant, Prussian philosopher and geographer

"In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so"
-Immanuel Kant

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life"
-Immanuel Kant

Ultima Ratio Regum. (The final argument of kings.)
Inscription on French cannons, by order of Louis XIV

"Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship; fight her till she sinks"
-James Lawrence, US naval captain, his last words

" Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives"
James Madison, 4th US President

There is more coming......