On September 17, 1914, Erzberger, the well-known German statesman, an eminent member of the Catholic Party, wrote to the Minister of War, General von Falkenhayn, We must not worry about committing an offence against the rights of nations nor about violating the laws of humanity. Such feelings today are of secondary importance? A month later, on October 21, 1914, he wrote in Der Tag, If a way was found of entirely wiping out the whole of London it would be more humane to employ it than to allow the blood of A SINGLE GERMAN SOLDIER to be shed on the battlefield!
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(Clemenceau) once said that war is too important to be left to the generals. When he said that, 50 years ago, he may have been right...but now, war is too important to be left to the politicians. They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought...And I can no longer, sit around and allow Communist subversion, Communist corruption, and Communist infiltration of our precious bodily fluids.
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A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but hes not a man of action. It is as if a tennis player before returning a ball stopped to think about his views of the physical and mental advantages of tennis. You must act as you breathe.
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War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.
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America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilisation.
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When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
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A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed --I well know. For it is a sign that he has tried to surpass himself.
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A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action.. You must act as you breathe.
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America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
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When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isnt a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
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A mans life is interesting primarily when he has failedI well know. For its a sign that he tried to surpass himself.
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America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of Civilization
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A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed -- I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.
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There is no passion like that of a functionary for his function.
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America is the only nation in history which, miraculously, has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
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War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.
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Everything I know I learned after I was thirty.
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