Will Durant: The great problem of any civilization is how to rejuvenate itself without rebarbarization. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3869
Margaret Thatcher: In Britain with our democratic institutions and the need for a high degree of consent, some of the measures adopted in Chile are quite unacceptable. Our reform must be in line with our traditions and our Constitution. At times the process may seem painfully slow. But I am certain we shall achieve our reforms in our own way and in our own time. Then they will endure. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3870
Carl von Clausewitz: War is an act of violence pushed to its utmost bounds. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3871
Carl von Clausewitz: Since war is not an act of senseless passion but is controlled by its political object, the value of this object must determine the sacrifices to be made for it in magnitude and also in duration. Once the expenditure of effort exceeds the value of the political object, the object must be renounced and peace must follow. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3872