“Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.”
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Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below.
The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.