Eugen Kogon Quotes
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Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body.
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People are not wrong in observing Caste. In my view, what is wrong is their religion, which has inculcated this notion of Caste. If this is correct, then obviously the enemy, you must grapple with is not the people who observe Caste, but the Shastras which teach them this religion of Caste.
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I'm so much fun. Every kid wishes I was their grandpa! I'm the Motor City Madgramps.
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In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
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A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.
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History shows that no enemy remains hostile forever, nor do friends remain friendly forever. For that reason, we intend to have normal relations with all.
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When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
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In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.
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It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
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One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
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God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
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'Hugo Chávez is going to make Venezuela a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism all over the continent... he is an out-of-control dictator... a dangerous enemy to our south, controlling a huge pool of oil that could hurt us very badly.' 6
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It was the same with the whole Russian machine. Fear was the impulse. For them it was always safer to advance than retreat. Advance against the enemy and the bullet might miss you. Retreat, evade, betray and the bullet would never miss.
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Much of the obscurity of our effort so far against terrorism originates in the now official idea that the enemy is evil and that we are (therefore) good, which is the precise mirror image of the official idea of the terrorists.
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Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.
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In the United States, except for slaves, servants and the destitute fed by townships, everyone has the vote and this is an indirect contributor to law-making. Anyone wishing to attack the law is thus reduced to adopting one of two obvious courses: they must either change the nation's opinion or trample its wishes under foot.
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Alas! A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections - a mere heart of stone.
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A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.
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More needs to be done to take the fight to the enemy and secure our borders against the terrorist threat. We need more protection on land, sea and air.
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One must know ones enemy as he is, not as one, for whatever motives, wishes him to be.
