Glen Benkert

“Of course the people do not want war. . . . But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them that they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism. —GERMAN FIELD MARSHALL HERMANN GOERING, NUREMBERG, APRIL 18, 1946”
― James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

“I’m not convinced we can take them out from a distance, Nathan. That’s always been the American solution, by the way. Bigger guns. Nukes. Drone strikes.”
― Barry Kirwan, When the children come

“A circle has no end.”
― Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation

“I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.”
― George Bernard Shaw, The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza