Published on November 9, 2004 By Spc Nobody Special In Politics
And yes before someone calls me on it, I saw this quotation today, in the cartoon pvt. murphy's law, although I've seen it in the past and appreciated it.

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things.
The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling
which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.
The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight,
nothing which is more important than his own personal safety,
is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless
made so and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
-John Stuart Mill- (1806-1873)


Comments
on Nov 09, 2004
The wisdom of John Stuart Mill's quote speaks volumes to myself.

Good find, Spc NS.

Plinko for John Stuart Mill
on Nov 09, 2004
Excellent quote! Says a lot about these times, even though it was written so long ago!
on Nov 10, 2004

http://imajinit.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=33830

I posted this on the 4th...   I did my paper for History of Psychology on John Stuart Mill...

on Nov 10, 2004
Nice.
on Nov 10, 2004
i quoted the same thing long ago on JU....it is still as good now as it was then.....
on Nov 10, 2004
Thanks for the quote. It needs to be repeated often...so keep it on file and post it again and again.
on Nov 10, 2004
General George Patton Jr


yes, and he DID always strike me as a bold font kind of guy........IF NOT ALL CAPS!!!
on Nov 10, 2004
Army Times?
on Nov 10, 2004
Army Times?


but of course.
on Nov 10, 2004