Memorable Quotes - Good and Bad

The Good

"War is an ugly thing - but not the ugliest of things. The decaying and degrading state of moral and patriotic feeling that thinks nothing is worse than war, is worse. A man who has nothing he cares about more than he cares about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free unless made so and kept so by the exceptions of better men than himself."

-- John Stuart Mills

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"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."

-- General George S. Patton

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"Why is it that there's more indignation over a photo of a
prisoner with underwear on his head than over the video of a young American
with no head at all? Why is it that some in this country still don't get
that we are at war? A war against terrorists who are plotting to kill us
every day. Terrorists who will murder Americans at any time any place any
chance they get."

-- Senator Zell Miller

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"Let me remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Let me also remind you that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."

-- Senator Barry Goldwater

The Bad

“I’m an internationalist. I’d like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations.”

-- John Kerry, Feb. 18, 1970