Source: Short fiction, Vortex, p. 110
“War does not determine who is right – only who is left.”
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
This has often been published as a quotation of Russell, when an author is given (e.g. in Quote Unquote – A HandBook of Quotation, 2005, p. 291), but without any sourced citations, and seems to have circulated as an anonymous proverb as early as 1932.
Disputed
“Men who fight wars in Winter don’t live till Spring.”
Ursula K. Le Guin Hainish Cycle
Source: Hainish Cycle, Planet of Exile (1966), Chapter 4 (The Tall Young Men)
Indíra Gándhí (1917–1984) Indian politician and Prime Minister
Oriana Fallaci. Interview with Indira Gandhi in New Delhi, February 1972
“Two wrongs don’t make a right, but three lefts do.”
Ron English (1959) American artist
Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)
“People who don’t read are brutes. It is better to write than to make war, isn’t it?”
Eugéne Ionesco (1909–1994) Romanian playwright
The Paris Review interview (1984)
Allen West (politician) (1961) American politician; retired United States Army officer
2010s, I'd like to see MORE football player protests — NOT less (27 September 2017)
Context: We should be committed to ending this spate of gun violence and criminality. We should stop allowing the progressive, socialist left to manipulate us for the sake of their insidious ideological agenda. The problem is simple — doing that takes courage, and the left tends to define courage with examples such as Bradley Manning or Bowe Bergdahl. Real courage, however, is shown by those who don’t merely follow the trend or status quo, but who stand up for that which is right and truly just — and don’t kneel.
“If things don’t seem right, try going left.” – Chloe Traeger”
Jill Shalvis (1963) American writer
Source: Head Over Heels
“God helps only those who are prepared and determined to help themselves.”
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party
Speech in Weimar http://der-fuehrer.org/reden/english/38-11-06.htm, 6 November 1938 <br class="br">1930s
“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
