War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men.
Interpretation
War requires thoughtful leadership beyond just military expertise.
This quote implies that the complexities and gravitas of war should not solely rely on military leaders who may focus too much on tactical aspects, instead, it necessitates the insights and wisdom of a broader leadership that considers the moral, political, and human elements involved in such serious decisions.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about the importance of political leaders in military decisions.
Monet's garden must be included with his works, because he combined the magic of an adaptation of nature with the work of a painter of light. An extension of the studio into the openair, with color tones lavishly spread out on all sides to exercise the eye with seductive vibrations, from which a feverishly aroused retina expects unquenchable joy.
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.
A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's 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.
When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves he isn't a man of action.
America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
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.
Can it be of less consequence that the meaning of a Constitution should be fixed and known, than a meaning of a law should be so?
The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since there must be a decision, decides as he can, and hopes he has done justice and given satisfaction to the community
A beggar's book outworths a noble's blood.
I have no need for the past, I thought, like a child. I did not consider that the past might have a need for me.
Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist. It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the Universe going.
There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our only basic human duty: the duty to accept the consequences of our actions.
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