The Library
Quotes
From a passion of Gary, Quotes compilations gathered over the years of ministry.
Topic Index
On Vengeance, Revenge, Retribution, an Eye for Eye
“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore …
On War (Part 12)
“War is a defeat for humanity.” ——Pope John Paul II “Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore…prove ultimately …
On War (Part 11)
“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” ——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “And ye shall know the truth, and the …
On War (Part 10)
“Politics is the womb in which war develops.” ——Carl P. G. von Clausewitz “A rational army would run away.” ——Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu …
On War (Part 9)
“Love life – be a peacemaker.” ——Gary Amirault “You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.” ——Barbara Bush (1925- ) “The quickest way of ending …
On War (Part 8)
“War had become nothing more than slaughtering soldiers from a safe distance. When this failed to produce victory, civilians too became targeted for annihilation. It …
On War (Part 7)
“To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.” ——Ludwig von Mises …
On War (Part 6)
“Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder. In the Middle Ages when the feudal lords who inhabited the castles whose towers may …
On War (Part 5)
“The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.” ——David …
On War (Part 4)
“There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, could not have been prevented… The …
On War (Part 3)
“The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.” ——Joseph Stalin, comment to Churchill at Potsdam, 1945 “During times …
On War (Part 2)
“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” ——Ernest Hemingway “Truth is always the first war casualty. The …
On War (Part 1)
“And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: …
On Power, Justice, and Mercy (Part 2)
“Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.” ——Groucho Marx, American comedian, actor and singer, 1890-1977 “If, while there is yet time, …