Quotes About Consequences

Is killing a known terrorist wrong? I ask this, did the terrorist allow any of his victims quarter? No, then allow him no quarter, and hoist the black flag.

They won the war but lost the peace,

Islamic killers are over here because we are over there.

Wars are fought by teenagers, you realize that. They really ought to be fought by the politicians and old people who start these wars." (Interview with Don Swaim of CBS Radio-1986)

War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up some failure on the part of the adults.

The wars of people will be more terrible than those of kings.

A country that publicly threatens to completely destroy another nation should not be surprised when a preemptive surprise attack occurs from that nation and their allies.

Where would the world be if we took every man to book? There were thousands of Kantoreks, all of whom were convinced that they were acting for the best- in a way that cost them nothing.

It's worse for you. You want the guilt to absolve you. Just like you want your wife and child to absolve you. Once absolved, you can kill or take soup.

War is the echo that never dies. No society strives for war, they are always tricked into it.

A phased decision can avoid there being a key moment when the moral issue about killing civilians has to be confronted.

It seems logical that he who supports total war in principle cannot complain of a war against civilians.

Small differences in a system of great power can have enormous consequences. [Source: Al Jazeera 'Upfront' interview]

Wars are all fought by men who either believe they are right or who have no other choice. How they fight defines who they are when the blood stops flowing.

War was easy. The hard part was cleaning up afterward.

Spiritual battles have greater consequences than earthly wars.

the worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation

who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits

In modern fantasy (literary or governmental), killing people is the usual solution to the so-called war between good and evil.

Well, in war, you can only be killed once. But in politics, many times.

Every lie needs, and gives birth to, another lie

…If one who slays one is a murderer then he who slays a thousand is not a hero, ' said Lalu.- Pg. #112, Across the Black Waters.

What comes through war is given back through war. All spoils will be retaken, all plunder will be dispersed. All victors will be defeated and every city filled with prey will be sacked in its turn.

When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years.