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Pole olemas sellist asja nagu tsiviliseeritud sõjapidamine. |
There is no such thing as civilized warfare. ( William
Allen White ) |
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| Vanad mehed kuulutavad sõja.
Aga see on noorus, kes peab võitlema ja surema. |
Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.
( Herbert Clarck Hoover ) |
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| Patriotism on paheliste voorus.
| Patriotism is the virtue of vicious.
( Oscar Wilde ) |
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| Inimesed, kes võitlevad
tule vastu tulega, põletavad tavaliselt kõik ära. |
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
( Abigal Van Buren ) |
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| Pane ära fanfaar, vaigista
trummid ja näita koletist sellisena nagu ta on. |
O snap the fife and still the drums and show the monster as she is.
( Richard Le Gallienne ) |
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| Nad pidasid kõne ja puhusid
pasunat ja riietasid mu mundrisse ning siis nad tapsid mu ära. |
They made a speech, and played a trumpet and dressed me in a uniform and then
they killed me. ( Irwin Shaw ) |
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| Ära kunagi arva, et sõda,
ükskõik kui vajalik või põhjendatud, ei ole kuritegu.
Küsi sõdureilt või küsi surnutelt. |
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
Ask infantry or ask the dead. ( Ernest Hemmingway )
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| On asju, mida inimene ei tohiks
teha isegi selleks, et päästa riiki. |
There are things a man must not do even to save a nation.
( Murray Kempton ) |
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| Patriotism on jõhkardi
viimane varjupaik! | Patriotism is
last refuge of a scoundrel! ( Samuel Johnson )
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| Patriotism on nagu religioon;
see on muna, millest sõjad välja hautakse. |
Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
( Guy de Maupassant ) |
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Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing
that stops women laughing at them. ( John Fowles )
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| Mulle on täiesti selge,
et me ei saavuta mingisugust reaalset progressi püsiva rahu suunas, seni
kui peame sõjalisi organisatsioone seaduslikeks ja rüütame neid
ausärasse. | It seems perfectly
clear to me that we can never make any real progress toward permanent peace so
long as we recognize the institution of war as legitimate and clothe it with glory.
( William Edgar Borah ) |
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Nations which have adopted peacetime conscription have fought just as many wars
as they fought before adopting it, and have suffered as many defeats.
( Aldous Huxley ) |
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| Mees, kes naudib marssimist rivis
muusikahelide saatel, jääb minu jaoks allapoole igasugust arvestust;
ta on saanud oma suurepärase aju teenimatult - selgroost oleks ka küllalt
olnud. | The man who enjoys marching
in line and file to the strains of music falls below my contempt; he received
his great brain by mistake - the spinal cord would have been amply sufficent.
( Albert Einstein ) |
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It is a puzzling fact that international conduct is so often judged by far lower
standard than are the acts of individuals. Men who would not think of assaulting
another to gain an end - who would indeed suffer great loss, and be proud to suffer
it, rather than obtain their rights by such a method - feel that nation should
be ever ready to assert its claims by blows. ( Georoge
Malcolm Stratton ) |
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| Kui vastandame kiiret progressi
selle õnnetu avastuse [ püssirohi ] vallas aeglaste ja vaevarikaste
edusammudega mõtlemise, teaduse ja rahumeelsete kunstide arenemisel, siis
filosoof vastavalt oma temperamendile kas naerab või nutab inimkonna rumaluse
pärast. | If we contrast the rapid
progress on this mischievous discovery [ gunpowder ] with the slow and
laborious advances of reason, science, and the arts of peace, a philosopher, according
to his temper, will laugh or weep at the folly of mankind.
( Edward Gibbon ) |
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| Kilp võib olla võidu
jaoks sama tähtis kui mõõk või oda. |
The shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear.
( Charles Darwin ) |
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| Tavalised inimesed loomulikult
ei taha sõda ... aga valitsusjuhid on ju need, kes määravad poliitika
ja rahvast kaasa tõmmata on alati lihtne, ükskõik kas tegu
on demokraatia või fashistliku diktatuuriga või parlamendi või
kommunistliku diktatuuriga. Piisab sellest kui öelda inimestele, et neid
rünnatakse ja noomida patsifiste patriotismi puudumise ning riigi julgeoleku
ohustamise pärast. See töötab ühtviisi hästi igal maal.
| Naturally the comman people don't
want war... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine policy,
and it is always a simple matter to drag people along, whether it is a democracy,
or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. All you
have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for
lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every
country. ( Hermann Göring ) |
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| Meie roll on panna inimesi sõjasse
tõsiselt suhtuma. Selle neetud krempli koletuslik triviaalsus ja patriotismi
labane kergemeelsus on asjad, mis mind närvi ajavad. |
Our job is to make people serious about the war. It is the monstrous triviality
of the damned thing, and the vulgar frivolity of what we imagine to be patriotism,
that gets at my temper. ( Bernard Shaw ) |
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Dress it as we may, feather it, daub it with gold, huzza it, and sing swaggering
songs about it, what is war, nine times out of ten, but murder in uniform.
( Douglas William Jerrold ) |
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Vürst Andrei: Heal väejuhil
ei pea olema mingeid erilisi voorusi, pigem vastupidi, on vaja, et tal puuduksid
kõrgeimad ja parimad inimlikud omadused - sellised nagu armastus, poeesia,
hellus ja tõtt otsiv vaim. ( Lev Tolstoi "Sõda
ja rahu" ) | . |
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| Sõjaväelased ...
tegelikult armastavad sõda ning nende irratsionaalset võitlusvalmidust
tugevdab isiklik huvitatus; saavad ju sõjas ohvitserid särada ja tõusta
ning surmahirm on vapra mehe jaoks pigem närvekõditav meelelahutus
kui terror. Niisiis mõtleb sõjaväelaste klass pidevalt sõjast,
näeb kõikjal sõjaohtu ning püüab sõda ligi
meelitada; ta tunneb kunstlikku ja põhjendamatut kadedust teiste riikide
suhtes, kellel on sõjavägi; ja lõpuks, tuues küll mõnikord
kasu, tekitab ta sama tihti korralagedust, olles muutnud sõjakuse omette
väärtuseks. | The military
classes ... naturally love war and their irrational combativeness is reinforced
by interest; for in war officers can shine and rise, while the danger of death,
to brave man is rather a spur and pleasing exictement than terror. A military
class is therefore always recalling foretelling and meditating war; it fosters
artifical and senseless jealousies toward other governments that possess armies;
and finally, as often as not, it precipitates disaster by bringing about the objectless
struggle on which it has set its heart. ( George Santayana
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You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace
cannot advance over a road littered with cannon. (
Lloyd George ) |
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| Julgus on ainuke voorus, patsifism
on ainuke pahe. See on sõja tarvilik tingimus. |
There is only one virtue, pugnacity; only one vice, pacifism. That is an essential
condition of war. ( Bernard Shaw ) |
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| Sõjaväelisele meelelaadile
on iseloomulik, et eluta asju ... peetakse tähtsateks, sel ajal kui inimest,
tema tundeid ja mõtteid ... peetakse teisejärguliseks või tähtsusetuks.
| It is characteristic of the military
mentality that non-human factors ... are held essential, while the human being,
his desires and thoughts ... are considered as unimportant and secondary.
( Albert Einstein ) |
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| Olemuslikult tähtis on panna
sõdurit uskuma, et need keda ta peab tapma on bandiidid, kes pole elamist
väärt; kui ta peaks tapma teist head ja korralikku inimest sellist nagu
ta ise, kukuks tal püss käest. |
It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre
are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows
like himself, his gun would fall from his hands. ( Andre
Gide ) |
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| Kui patriotism on "jõhkardi
viimane varjupaik," siis pole see nii mitte ainult selle pärast, et patriotismi
nimel saab teha kurje tegusid, ... aga ka seepärast, et patriootlik kirg
võib kaotada üldse igasuguse moraalitunnetuse. |
If patriotism is "the last refuge of a scoundrel," it is not merely because evil
deeds may be performed in the name of patriotism,... but because patriotic fervor
can obliterate moral distinctions altogether. ( Ralph
Barton Perry ) |
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| Nimetada sõda julguse
ja vooruse allikaks on sama hea kui nimetada porduelu armastuse allikaks. |
To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil
of love. ( George Santayana ) |
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The noble art of losing face may one day save the human race and turn
into eternal merit what weaker minds would call disgrace
( Piet Hein ) |
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| Inimeksistentsi tragöödia
saavutab oma haripunkti faktis, et pärast kõiki neid pingutusi ning
miljonite elude ohvrikstoomist, pärast võite, mis saavutatud õige
asja nimel, ei ole me ikkagi leidnud rahu ja turvalisust, vaid oleme sattunud
veelgi suuremate hädaohtude küüsi kui need, mille suutsim kõrvaldada.
| The human tragedy reaches its climax
in the fact that after all the exertions and sacrifices of hundreds of millions
of people and of the victories of the Righteous Cause, we have still not found
Peace or Security, and that we lie in the grip of even worse perils than those
we have surmounted. ( Winston Churchill ) |
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| Kõige shokeerivam fakt
sõja juures on see, et tema ohvriteks ja tööriistadeks on iseseisvad
inimesed, ja et need inimesed on määratud poliitikute koletuslike lepingute
poolt tapma või saama tapetud tülides, mis tegelikult neid ei puuduta.
| The most shocking fact about war
is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that
these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics
to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own.
( Aldous Huxley ) |
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It is easier to lead men to combat and to stir up their passions than to temper
them and urge them to the patient labours of peace.
( Andre Gide ) |
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| Sa siis tead sõjameeste
saatust? Pole nad muud kui ambitsioonide tööriistad, määratud
ebaseaduslikele soovidele teed raiuma. Ja kui nad on läbi kulutatud, pikaajalises
teenistuses vigaseks taotud, heidetakse nad kõrvale vaesuses virelema või
haiglates mädanema. | Dost thou
know, the fate of soldiers? They are but ambition's tools, to cut a way to her
unlawful ends. And when they are worn, hacked, hewn with constant service, thrown
aside, to rust in peace and rot in hospitals. ( Thomas
Southerne ) |
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| On olemas mehi, kes on liiga
uhked selleks, et võidelda. |
There is such a thing as man being too proud to fight.
( Woodrow Wilson ) |
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...armastus on ainus tunne, mis
suudab veel inimkonda päästa. Ainult armastus saab kaotada säärased
vaimuhaigused nagu ahnus, kadedus, uhkus, viha jne. Kui me seda tõsiasja
kord oleme taibanud, siis ei kahtle me iial enam ning tee, mille jumal inimesele
on loonud, asub selgelt me ees. Küsitavaks jääb aga, kas inimkonnal
iial lastkse seda teed käia. Sest sõjaisandad, kes peavad end üliinimesteks,
püüavad kasvatada inimkonda kõige hullemaks alanduseks, mida
üldse olla saab. Nad nõuavad, et inimmõistus ise tunneks end
düsteelilist laadi väärarenguna õilsa röövlooma
mõistusest. ( Uku Masing, Confessio amantis
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Näita mulle kangelast ja ma kirjutan sulle tragöödia. |
Show me a hero and i will write you a tragedy. ( F.
Scott Fitzgerald ) |
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| Ei saa öelda, et tsivilisatsioon
ei arene ... sest igas sõjas tapavad nad sind uuel moel. |
You can't say civilization don't advance ... for every war they kill you a new
way. ( Will Rogers ) |
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| Ainult võitjad otsustavad,
mis olid sõjakuriteod. | Only
the winners decide what were war crimes. ( Gary Wills
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| Pärast iga sõda on
natuke vähem demokraatiat mida kaitsta. |
After each war there is little less democracy to save.
( Brooks Atkinson ) |
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Kui meil vaenlasi poleks, siis,
pagan võtku, nad leiutaksid vaenlased, et meid kaitsta. ... Jumal päästku
meid päästjate käest. Kaitsta oskame endid isegi. ... Kui meil
tarvitseks endid kaitsta üksnes hundi vastu, siis oleks kaitsmine kerge.
Aga kes kaitseb meid karjase eest? ( Romain Rolland
"Colas Bregnon" ) | . |
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| Metslane kummardab puust ja kivist ebajumalaid; tsiviliseeritud inimene lihast ja verest. |
The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone; the civilized man to idols of
flesh and blood. ( Bernard Shaw ) |
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We want to get rid of militarist not simply because he hurts and kills, but because
he is an intolerable thickvoiced blockhead who stands hectoring and blustering
in our way to achievement ( Herbert Wells )
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| Pühendumine rahvusele on arvatavasti sügavaim ja enim levinud religioon meie päevil. Nagu vanaegsed religioonid, nii nõuab ka tema omi tagakiusamisi, omi holokauste, omi tumedaid kangelaslikke kuritegusid; nagu nemad nii on ka tema suurejooneline, primitiivne, brutaalne ja hullumeelne |
Devotion to the nation is perhaps the deepest and most widespread religion of
present age. Like the ancient religions, it demands its persecutions, its holocausts,
its lurid, heroic cruelties; like them, it is noble, primitive, brutal and mad.
( Bertrand Russell ) |
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People who are vigorous and brutal often find war enjoiable, provided that it
is a victorious war and that there is not too much interference with rape and
plunder. This is a great help in persuading people that wars are righteous.
( Bertrand Russell ) |
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The pitifulest thing out is mob; that's what army is - a mob; they don't fight
with courage that's born in them, but with courage that's borrowed from their
mass, and from their officers ( Mark Twain )
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See on sõduri veri, mis
teeb kindrali suureks. ( Itaalia vanasõna )
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Force and fraud are in war two cardinal virtues. ( Thomas
Hobbes ) |
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A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles... it takes your
mind of the cost of living. ( Brendan Behan )
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Boys and girls And women, that would groan to see a child Pull of an insects
leg, all read of war, The best amusement for our morning meal.
( Taylor Coleridge ) |
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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and homeless, whether the
mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name
of liberty or democracy? ( Mahatma Gandhi ) |
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You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality.
Wrong is wrong no matter who does it or who says it.
( Malcolm X ) |
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You'll never have quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
( Bernard Shaw ) |
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| Õnnelik on rahvas kellel
pole ajalugu. | Happy is the nation
that has no history. ( Cesare Beccaria ) |
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| Väide, et alaline armee ja laevastik on parim rahu tagatis on umbes sama loogiline nagu väita, et kõige rahumeelsem kodanik on see kes käib ringi hambuni relvastatult. Igapäevaelu kogemus tõestab täielikult, et relvastatud indiviid on alati valmis oma jõudu proovima. Sama peab ajalooliselt paika ka valitsuste kohta. |
The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is
about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful citizen is he who goes about
heavily armed. The experience of every-day life fully proves that the armed individual
is invariably anxious to try his strength. The same is historically true of governments.
( Emma Goldman ) |