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war cutting two
This is a story of a period between two World Wars — an interim in which insanity cut loose. Liberty took a nose dive, and humanity was kicked around somewhat. Charlie Chaplin
war differences bombs
I hope we shall abolish war and settle all differences at the conference table I hope we shall abolish all hydrogen and atom bombs before they abolish us first. Charlie Chaplin
war evil spheres
War is a positive, precise and specific evil, of gigantic proportions ...making within the sphere of its influence all true grandeur impossible. Charles Sumner
war age economics
Can there be in our age any peace that is not honorable, any war that is not dishonorable? Charles Sumner
war greatness men
The highest greatness, surviving time and stone, is that which proceeds from the soul of man. Monarchs and cabinets, generals and admirals, with the pomp of court and the circumstance of war, in the lapse of time disappear from sight; but the pioneers of truth, though poor and lowly, especially those whose example elevates human nature, and teaches the rights of man, so that "a government of the people, by the people, for the people, may not perish from the earth;" such a harbinger can never be forgotten, and their renown spreads co-extensive with the cause they served so well. Charles Sumner
war fall believe
Whether the Union stands or falls, I believe the profession of arms will henceforth be more desirable and more respected than it has been hitherto. Charles Sumner
war hate men
How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties have been upset by the love of woman than by the hate of man? Charles Dudley Warner
war greatness genius
Old France, weighed down with history, prostrated by wars and revolutions, endlessly vacillating from greatness to decline, but revived, century after century, by the genius of renewal! Charles de Gaulle
war battle france
France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war. Charles de Gaulle
ignorance progress too-much
Without knowledge there can be no sure progress. Vice and barbarism are the inseparable companions of ignorance. Nor is it too much to say that, except in rare instances, the highest virtue is attained only through intelligence. Charles Sumner
ignorance doe generations
It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous. Charles Dudley Warner
ignorance pride whole-family
The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other Charles Caleb Colton
ignorance errors steps
Error, when she retraces her steps, has farther to go before she can arrive at truth than ignorance. Charles Caleb Colton
ignorance pride thinking
It is with nations as with individuals, those who know the least of others think the highest of themselves; for the whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other. Charles Caleb Colton
ignorance vices principles
Women who are the least bashful are not unfrequently the most modest; and we are never more deceived than when we would infer any laxity of principle from that freedom of demeanor which often arises from a total ignorance of vice. Charles Caleb Colton
ignorance pedants disgusting
Folly disgusts us less by her ignorance than pedantry by her learning. Charles Caleb Colton
ignorance knowledge men
A man who knows the world will not only make the most of everything he does know, but of many things he does not know, and will gain more credit by his adroit mode of hiding his ignorance than the pedant by his awkward attempt to exhibit his erudition. Charles Caleb Colton
ignorance dwelling-place darkness
Darkness is the fit hour for beasts of prey, and ignorance the natural dwelling place of cruelty. Charles Spurgeon
men brotherhood unity
The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men, cries out for universal brotherhood, for the unity of us all. Charlie Chaplin
men greed progress
To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. Charlie Chaplin
men greed soul
Greed has poisoned men's souls Charlie Chaplin
men long liberty
As long as men die, liberty will never parish. Charlie Chaplin
men hands political
I am not a political man and I have no political convictions. I am an individual and a believer in liberty. That is all the politics I have. On the other hand I am not a super-patriot. Super-patriotism leads to Hitlerism — and we've had our lesson there. I don't want to create a revolution — I just want to create a few more films. Charlie Chaplin
men groups kingdoms
The Kingdom of God is within man, not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! Charlie Chaplin
men individuality genius
Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded. Charlie Chaplin
men judging treats
Judge a man not by how he treats his equals but by how he treats his inferiors. Charlie Chaplin
men justice judging
If Justice is pictured blindfold, it is because she judges causes, not men, and not because the prime faculty of an arbitrator is lack of discernment. Charles Wagner