John Keegan Quotes


The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative. Benito Mussolini Absolute 256
It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion. Joseph Goebbels Absolute 214
Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce. James A. Garfield Absolute 152
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. Dwight D. Eisenhower Absolute 142
In genetic epistemology, as in developmental psychology, too, there is never an absolute beginning. Jean Piaget Absolute 115
The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased. Ida B. Wells Absolute 105
Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. Simone de Beauvoir Absolute 103
The quest of the absolute leads into the four-dimensional world. Arthur Eddington Absolute 102
The theory of relativity worked out by Mr. Einstein, which is in the domain of natural science, I believe can also be applied to the political field. Both democracy and human rights are relative concepts - and not absolute and general. Jiang Zemin Absolute 98
Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians. David Brinkley Absolute 92
In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to be allowed to just go in and have a peep, I never admitted anyone. Henry Bessemer Absolute 91
Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth. E. T. Bell Absolute 89
Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator. Wendell Phillips Absolute 89
Absolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to refer the earth to know whether it really moves, has no objective existence. Henri Poincare Absolute 87
It is of no help to us that there is an absolute truth of the matter of things because unfortunately, none of us are in a position to say definitively what that is - although we all think that we are. Stanley Fish Absolute 87
Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can. Richard Stallman Absolute 85
While a handful of countries and a small number of people are leading ample life, dozens of countries and billions of people in Africa, Asia and Latin America are being left in absolute poverty. Tran Duc Luong Absolute 84
In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war. Arthur Henderson Absolute 83
I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness. Harold Brodkey Absolute 82
Behind closed doors they had what were legendary battles I hear but when the doors opened there was absolute unity. Not a crack could be found. No separation whatsoever. They were locked together for the good of the community. Maynard Jackson Absolute 81
I think we need to think beyond the issue of absolute risk. Alastair Wood Absolute 81
The very desire for guarantees that our values are eternal and secure in some objective heaven is perhaps only a craving for the certainties of childhood or the absolute values of our primitive past. Isaiah Berlin Absolute 80
I try to do my absolute best for the people who come see me play. Billy Sheehan Absolute 78
We want to assert the very principle that truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life. John Howard Absolute 75
Time is not an absolute reality but an aspect of our consciousness. Robert Lanza Absolute 75
Crystals grew inside rock like arithmetic flowers. They lengthened and spread, added plane to plane in an awed and perfect obedience to an absolute geometry that even stones - maybe only the stones - understood. Annie Dillard Absolute 74
I want to say to all of you that when I take my oath of office I will do my absolute best to use all of my abilities for all of the people of Ireland. Michael D. Higgins Absolute 73
The criterion for free choice can never be an absolute one, but neither is it entirely relative. Herbert Marcuse Absolute 72
There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you. Charles Dudley Warner Absolute 72
Virginia is the absolute leader in homeland security and defense and information technology. Mark Warner Absolute 71
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat. John F. Lehman, Jr.Absolute 71
All the great things of humanity have been accomplished in the name of absolute principles. Ernest Renan Absolute 69
The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and Absolute Justice; for the mind, mathematical and practical Truth; for the body, the Quintessence, a combination of light and gold. Albert Pike Absolute 67
Birth on U.S. territory has never been an absolute claim to citizenship. Phyllis Schlafly Absolute 67
The only way to be true to our American tradition is to maintain absolute governmental neutrality regarding religious beliefs and practices. Bill Bradley Absolute 66
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. Lois McMaster Bujold Absolute 65
Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources - and each generation has the obligation to pass this inheritance on in the future. Alberto Moravia Absolute 63
The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote. Carol Moseley Braun Absolute 63
We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the important thing is not to achieve but to strive. Aldo Leopold Absolute 61
A multi-purpose stadium is an absolute must in order to invigorate our downtown and, simultaneously, let the rest of the country witness that we can get things done. Alan Autry Absolute 61
I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people may like or dislike, and people who physically impose themselves on children or misuse their authority to impose on children. Barney Frank Absolute 61
In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and absolute freedom in a necessity of order, has never been so promising as an independent expression as it is today. Lincoln Kirstein Absolute 58
Briefly, to program it requires an absolute understanding of how all 65,536 processors are interconnected. Philip Emeagwali Absolute 58
First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife. Thomas Fuller Absolute 58
The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual life in the region given up to the war. Where the armies camped the destruction was absolute. Rebecca Harding Davis Absolute 57
No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute protection. People sometimes meet that high burden and win libel suits, and in those cases I think they ought to win. Floyd Abrams Absolute 56
What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another person, especially if he has had between four and seven beers. Dave Barry Absolute 55
When the human mind exists in the light of reason and no more than reason, we may say with absolute certainty that Man and all that made him will be in that instant gone. Loren Eiseley Absolute 54
Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life. John Howard Absolute 53
What will become compellingly important is absolute clarity of shared purpose and set of principles of conduct sort of institutional genetic code that every member of the organization understands in a common way, and with deep conviction. Dee Hock Absolute 51

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