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Jun 20, 2024 · Only the dead have seen the end of war. – Plato. War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. – Carl Von Clausewitz. War is what happens when language fails. – Margaret Atwood. Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. – Sun Tzu.
Carl Philipp Gottfried (or Gottlieb) von Clausewitz [note 1] (German pronunciation: [ˌkaʁl fɔn ˈklaʊ̯zəvɪt͡s] ⓘ; 1 July 1780 – 16 November 1831) [1] was a Prussian general and military theorist who stressed the "moral" (in modern terms meaning psychological) and political aspects of waging war.
And the above quotation provides us a clue to the genesis and deeper meaning of that other quotation, O’Brien’s ‘imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.’ For the precursors to this phrase in both Orwell’s writing and the writings of other authors he admired are numerous.
- “War does not determine who is right, only who is left.” – Bertrand Russell. Bertrand Russell was a man of great honor during his time. He was a popular political activist who wanted the world to be ruled by one leader.
- “In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.” – José Narosky. Jose Narosky, a renowned Argentine writer and author tried to air out the negative impacts of war in several ways.
- “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” – Sun Tzu. Chinese military leader, strategist, philosopher, and author Sun Tzulived from 771 to 256 BC during the Eastern Zhou era.
- “War is what happens when language fails.” – Margaret Atwood. Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood is well-known for her speculative fiction novels, which frequently tackle challenging subjects connected to society, power, and human nature.
For in that case each would still be a self-contained universe, freed for ever from the sobering influence of external danger. A peace that was truly permanent would be the same as a permanent war. This – although the vast majority of Party members understand it only in a shallower sense – is the inner meaning of the Party slogan: WAR IS PEACE.
4. “War, in the end, is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, and of idealists by cynics.”. – Chris Hedges. 5. “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”. – Sun Tzu. 6. “War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow ...
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Jul 14, 2023 · War is hell.”. – General William Tecumseh Sherman (Military leader, 1820 – 1891, USA) “Every war is a war against children.”. – Eglantyne Jebb (Humanitarian, founder of Save the Children, drafted Declaration on the Rights of the Child, 1876 – 1928, England) “When the rich make war, it’s the poor that die.”.
