Warmongers Quotes

“Peace requires agreement. War requires only one side to decide. No one asks permission to attack.”
― A.E. Samaan

“Trenches don't have a right side and wrong side, they only have one side, the side of dogma and lies. Asses to asses, cheek to cheek, apes laud the apes, declaring true apehood through their half-open flies.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Kill one, it's murder - kill in bulk, it's patriotism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Apes in pulpits and parliament halls,
chanting bruality as song of the braves -
apes who crave war to feel worthy,
find honor in pinning medals on graves.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“There is negotiated peace. There is no such thing as a negotiated war. War comes, like it or not, when one side declares it. No one that declares war on you is asking for your consent.”
― A.E. Samaan

“In the opera of war, peace is fugitive.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Fugitive Peace (Sonnet 2219)

In the opera of war, peace is fugitive -
thinking soldiers are no good to state,
either you kill without question, and grab
your medal, or get discharged dishonorably.

Thinking citizens are no good to democracy,
either you obey blind or be branded a terrorist.
Either you hold your mouth, mind and backbone,
or be jailed as an anarchist.

If you want to be an actor,
don't go to film school,
become an intern to some politician.
Some say secularism is in their blood,
some say liberty, all the while being
the posterboys of persecution.

No politician will prioritize peace,
if they did, they would be out of business.
War is the currency of political power -
abandon fanaticism, and politicians go extinct.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Politicians are professional gaslighters, they gaslight people against people, neighbor against neighbor, brother against brother, humanity against humanity - that's how they stay in business. And the fact that we've evolved from the apes, doesn't help much - our jungle instincts of tribalism don't need much coaxing to be blown into fully fledged war, between cultures, between religions, between nations.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“It's interesting, how every politician starts a conversation with the talk of peace, then immediately shifts to investing more in fighter jets, tanks, rifles and warheads!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Military is the ultimate failure of education, true education shapes minds into instrument of peace, not pawns of legal persecution and terrorism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“In English we say:
if you want peace, prepare for war.
In Naskarian we say:
if you want peace, prepare for education.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“Be The Unpatriot (Naskaristana 2803)

One soldier's medal is another soldier's widow,
one soldier's glory is another soldier's orphan.
One nation's victory is another nation's mourning,
one family's felicitation is another family's trauma.

Soldiers pay the price, civilians pay the price, but
one particular creature always comes out with a profit,
it's the politicians - there's a fortune in warmongering,
if they can just sell fear in the name of patriotic duty.

So here I am, the idiot earthling,
begging you on my knees - grow up,
be human enough to be the unpatriot,
be a stain upon the nation's flag.

If your corpse can be covered with just one flag,
it's a sacrifice wasted in political theatre -
when nations join hands to honor your fall,
know that you've finally ascended human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“There's a fortune in warmongering, if they can just sell fear in the name of patriotic duty.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“If your corpse can be covered with just one flag, it's a sacrifice wasted in political theatre - when nations join hands to honor your fall, know that you've finally ascended human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Not All, But (Naskaristana 2785)

Not all doctors are butchers,
but butcher doctors are status quo.
Not all coppers are corrupt,
but corrupt coppers are status quo.

Not all politicians are warmongers,
but warmonger politicians are status quo.
Not all preachers are mindless fanatics,
but fanatic preachers are status quo.

Not all men are abusive perverts,
but toxic masculinity is tradition.
Not all white people are bigots,
but bigoted white beasts are
the planet's heaviest historic burden.

Not all stereotypes come from fear and
ignorance, some have basis in historic facts.
Question is not, why you face such stereotypes,
the real question is, are you living as the
new standard against prehistoric conventions!

I burnt my reputation to the ground,
so I could stand as an undomesticated beacon,
doesn't matter if no one comes to my aid,
I have no desire to be worshipped by gibbons.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Either Border or Human
(Sonnet 2506)

In a planet of apes,
if you want power and control,
all you have to do is sell fear -
sell fear, blood, rage, the lot -

if you are in politics sell fear,
if you are in religion sell hate,
if you are in cinema sell rage,

but never call them by their real name,
always package it in modern language,
package bloodshed as patriotism,
package fanaticism as tradition,
package derangement as righteousness.

That's enough ape talk, now hear the human speak:
there is no place for nationalism in science,
there is no place for fanaticism in holiness,
there is no place for hate-commerce in arts,
there is no place for borders in consciousness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“In a planet of apes, if you want power and control, all you have to do is sell fear - sell fear, blood, rage, the lot - if you are in politics sell fear, if you are in religion sell hate, if you are in cinema sell rage, but never call them by their real name, always package it in modern language, package bloodshed as patriotism, package fanaticism as tradition, package derangement as righteousness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“You don't need much to win the trust of apes, just say you'll make lots and lots of bombs, because in the book of apes, to be free is to be feared, and to be feared is to develop the capacity to kill fellow human beings - that's an absolute must in the democracy of monkeys, not brain, not heart, not character whatsoever, just the most acute animal instinct for killing, and this is what the apes call Geopolitics!”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“You don't need much to win the trust of apes, just say you'll make lots and lots of bombs, because in the book of apes, to be free is to be feared, and to be feared is to develop the capacity to kill fellow human beings!”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Politicians must be potty trained before they run for office, so that they don't poop all over the planet.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Bombs can look beautiful or ugly, depending on which side you're looking from, from the sky or from the ground.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Religion, war and disease, these are the three most profitable businesses in history.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Every scientist that designs a weapon, every soldier that picks up the weapon, every politician that deploys the soldier, every civilian that elects the politician, is a war criminal.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“In many of the monkey nations of earth their local governments often ban books, and yet not a single earth country has banned guns, not a single one - in some countries you just need money, in some countries you need a licence, in others you need to be a soldier or copper, but not a single country has actually banned guns, they even ban websites and apps at the slightest political inconvenience, but never guns.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“In many of the monkey nations of earth their local governments often ban books, and yet not a single earth country has banned guns - in some countries you just need money, in some countries you need a licence, in others you need to be a soldier or copper, but not a single country has actually banned guns.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“You cannot export democracy by dropping bombs.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Tall skyscrapers don't constitute civilization, if half the population still sleep on the streets - space exploration doesn't constitute advancement, if half the children never wake up the next day”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Fugitive Peace (The Song)

[Verse 1]
One pen can defeat a thousand guns,
that's why they ban books, not guns.
There's nothing more dangerous than ideas
that inoculate the mind against weapons.

Traitor is not one who questions the state,
but the one who kills without question.
Hoist your heart as a beacon of love -
confront the fear, and war loses oxygen.

[Chorus]
Stronger the military, stupider the citizens;
military is the failure of education.
If there is not a Naskar in sight,
be the Naskar of your generation.

Stronger the military, stupider the citizens;
military is the failure of education.
Wake up to life, break the trance of arms,
and the planet of apes becomes human!

[Verse 2]
Show me a nation with a titanic army,
I'll show you a society in decay.
Show me a nation that spends on education,
I'll show you tomorrow being built today.

War is the currency of political power -
patriotism is genocide, military is massacre.
Yet there is no stranger, only neighbor;
everyone is family, no one is foreigner.

[Chorus]
Stronger the military, stupider the citizens;
military is the failure of education.
If there is not a Naskar in sight,
be the Naskar of your generation.

Stronger the military, stupider the citizens;
military is the failure of education.
Wake up to life, break the trance of arms,
and the planet of apes becomes human!

[Verse 3]
A world without borders
is a world without fear,
it's impossible to control people
when we neither hate nor fear.

Every ape has a talent for war,
takes a human to rise in peace.
Wild animals look good only in jungle,
xenophobia is the ultimate brain disease.

[Pre-Chorus]
Beyond fear and fanaticism,
beyond brainless indoctrination,
every culture is my culture,
every nation is my nation.

No borrowed make believe,
no quicksand of cowardice,
superstition fading from bones,
as we rise above the prejudice.

[Final Chorus]
Stronger the military, stupider the citizens;
military is the failure of education.
If there is not a Naskar in sight,
be the Naskar of your generation.

Stronger the military, stupider the citizens;
military is the failure of education.
Wake up to life, break the trance of arms,
and the planet of apes becomes human!

[Outro]
One pen can defeat a thousand guns...
One pen can defeat a thousand guns...”
― Abhijit Naskar, Naskar Goes to Earth: Field Notes from A Planet of Apes

“Every weapon inadvertently ends up causing more harm than it prevents.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Naskar Goes to Earth: Field Notes from A Planet of Apes

“Earth Market (Sonnet 3156)

Propaganda sells more than peace.
Lust sells more than love.
Violence sells more than virtue.
Afterlife sells more than earth.

Concrete sells more than soil,
Machine sells more than mind.
Chakras sell more than backbone,
Lies sell more than life.

Liquor sells more than milk,
Holy water sells more than water.
Bombs sell more than books,
about 20 times more to be exact.

Etiquette sells more than ethics,
Elitism sells more than empathy.
Acting sells more than action,
Mythology sells more than humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human