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 A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own. H.G. Wells (1866-1946)
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War is a consequence of power unleashed not because of belief in own strength but knowing weakness of opponent.
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All the violaters of human rights should heed this. The men at the helm who think they are immune from persecution
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How about using eugenics with politicians, Mr. Wells? They're not much low class people, as far as I know. This is a good example of nazi demagogy.
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This is one terrific quote. I wish George W. Bush has headed the wise words of Mr. Wells before he waged his wars.
Slapneck I don't understand your comment.
"He who never made a mistake never made a discovery." Samuel Smiles
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It's interesting to note that Mr Wells lived long enough to see nations and leaderships heeding this sage comment, in charging the leaders of the Axis nations for their crimes against society, even if he didn't live quite long enough for the outcomes. Others do need to take heed; the precedent is already set, and in legal circles, once there is a precedent to follow, it gets much easier to do again.
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who can explain this hard-to-capture quote to me? Especially the first long sentence. Thanks a lot.
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Yes,I can. Please read my post today under "Pills to treat MS on the horizon" in the news section and see if it rings a bell.
I was born a few years before HG wells died, and bequeathed a legacy to carry his torch.
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These were the very different cases which you were mangling them together. You may be experienced enough to see on hell what IT is, but what other need is explanation which is worth more than outrage only. Isaac Samuel wrote:Yes,I can. Please read my post today under "Pills to treat MS on the horizon" in the news section and see if it rings a bell.
I was born a few years before HG wells died, and bequeathed a legacy to carry his torch.
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Is might right or is right might?
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MarySM wrote:This is one terrific quote. I wish George W. Bush has headed the wise words of Mr. Wells before he waged his wars.
Slapneck I don't understand your comment. Bush at least attempted to serve in the military.
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Staking your own life does not give you the right to gamble others'.
The opposite of hatred is love; the opposite of tyranny is love; the opposite of censorship is love; the opposite of evil is love; the opposite of politics is love; the opposite of war is love; the opposite of god is love.–– Salman Rushdie
Broadly speaking, it is held that getting money is good and spending money is bad. Seeing that they are two sides of one transaction, this is absurd; one might as well maintain that keys are good, but keyholes are bad. Whatever merit there may be in the production of goods must be entirely derivative from the advantage to be obtained by consuming them. –Bertrand Russell
Never believe a liar. Papa, angry people burn our home.
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cheri wrote:Bush at least attempted to serve in the military. Well... sort of.
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captaina wrote:who can explain this hard-to-capture quote to me? Especially the first long sentence. Thanks a lot. Hi, The first sentence is comparing people in power, who have caused deaths in war to people who commit murder (homicide). It further states that at some time in the future, those who send others to war, (at least those who do so without going themselves), shall be judged to be murderers and punished more severely than an individual murderer. "At (or in) the dock" is a British English term for being on trial and "the noose" is a reference to being hanged. Hope that helps.
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Hi RuthP, so nice that you helped expalain it. The sentence is much more clear after your translation. Sure, offensive war is always bad, and so is defensive war mostly. The leader should in part takes responsibility of it. It is a wise word, but too hard to be implemented. RuthP wrote:captaina wrote:who can explain this hard-to-capture quote to me? Especially the first long sentence. Thanks a lot. Hi, The first sentence is comparing people in power, who have caused deaths in war to people who commit murder (homicide). It further states that at some time in the future, those who send others to war, (at least those who do so without going themselves), shall be judged to be murderers and punished more severely than an individual murderer. "At (or in) the dock" is a British English term for being on trial and "the noose" is a reference to being hanged. Hope that helps.
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