Histomat: Adventures in Historical Materialism

'Historical materialism is the theory of the proletarian revolution.' Georg Lukács

Saturday, November 12, 2005

Robert Ingersoll on War

"War destroys. Peace creates. War is decay and death. Peace is growth and life--sunlight and air. War kills men. Peace maintains them. Artillery does not reason; it asserts. A bayonet has point enough , but no logic. When the sword is drawn, reason remains in the scabbard."

Not bad for a member of the [American] Republicans I think you'd agree...

Robert G Ingersoll was considered by Eugene V Debs to be the greatest orator of all time, no small compliment coming from Debs.

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