Clive Staples Lewis book Mere Christianity
Book II, Chapter 3, "The Shocking Alternative"
Mere Christianity (1952)
Speech to the 1900 Club at Grosvenor House, London (10 June 1936) on the Italo-Abyssinian War, quoted in The Times (11 June 1936), p. 10
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Clive Staples Lewis book Mere Christianity
Book II, Chapter 3, "The Shocking Alternative"
Mere Christianity (1952)
“War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.”
Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
John Hospers (1918–2011) American philosopher and politician
Source: Libertarianism: A Political Philosophy for Tomorrow, (1971), p. 411-412
Simone Weil (1909–1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist
Draft for a Statement of Human Obligation (1943), Statement Of Obligations
Context: The human soul has need of disciplined participation in a common task of public value, and it has need of personal initiative within this participation.
The human soul has need of security and also of risk. The fear of violence or of hunger or of any other extreme evil is a sickness of the soul. The boredom produced by a complete absence of risk is also a sickness of the soul.
“In making war with nature, there was risk of loss in winning.”
John McPhee book The Control of Nature
The Control of Nature (1989)
Henry M. Jackson (1912–1983) American politician
" Henry “Scoop” Jackson for President 1972 Campaign Brochure http://www.4president.org/brochures/scoopjackson1972brochure.htm", 4President.org. Retrieved 07-02-2006.
Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Speech to the 1900 Club at Grosvenor House, London (10 June 1936) on the Italo-Abyssinian War, quoted in The Times (11 June 1936), p. 10
Chancellor of the Exchequer
“Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Pt. 1, Ch. 3
Papa Hemingway (1966)
David Lloyd George (1863–1945) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister <br class="br">Source: Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1919/jul/03/unprovoked-attack-upon-france#S5CV0117P0_19190703_HOC_333 in the House of Commons on the Treaty of Versailles (3 July 1919)