“Peace upon earth!” was said. We sing it,
And pay a million priests to bring it.
After two thousands years of mass,
We’ve got as far as poison gas.
THOMAS HARDY (1840–1928)
After a few minutes I saw something coming up the road along the river that looked like a parade of roast chickens. Some of them kept asking for “Water! Water!”
They were all naked, and they were skinned. The skin of their hands had been torn away at the wrists. It was hanging from their fingertips just behind the nails, turned inside-out like a glove. In the dim light I thought I saw many other children lying all about the yard.
—Concerning the 1945 Atom Bomb
TAKASHI NAGAI
Can anything be more ridiculous than that a man should have the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of the water, and because his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have none with him?
BLAISE PASCAL (1623–1662)
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the houses of its children. This is not a way of life. . . . Under the cloud of war, it is humanity hanging itself
on a cross of iron.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (1890–1969)
ON THE SPIRITUAL WAR
Ephes. 6:11-17 (Message Bible)
So take everything the Master has set out for you, well-made weapons of the best materials. And put them to use so you will be able to stand up to everything the Devil throws your way. This is no afternoon athletic contest that we'll walk away from and forget about in a couple of hours. This is for keeps, a life-or-death fight to the finish against the Devil and all his angels.
Be prepared. You're up against far more than you can handle on your own. Take all the help you can get, every weapon God has issued, so that when it's all over but the shouting you'll still be on your feet. Truth, righteousness, peace, faith, and salvation are more than words. Learn how to apply them. You'll need them throughout your life. God's Word is an indispensable weapon.
1 Thes. 5:8 (Message Bible)
But not us! Since we're creatures of Day, let's act like it. Walk out into the daylight sober, dressed up in faith, love, and the hope of salvation.
Rev. 3:21 (Message Bible)
Conquerors will sit alongside me at the head table, just as I, having conquered, took the place of honor at the side of my Father. That's my gift to the conquerors!
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