WIST Quotations

Roosevelt, Eleanor -- Column (1940-05-17), “My Day”

Dave — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:09:37 +0000

Much has been said in this country about not wanting to participate in foreign wars and people who have said it, must now face the fact that foreign wars come very close to our own shores. We will always have not only the religious groups, but many groups who feel that war is wrong. I cannot imagine how anyone could feel otherwise with the picture before them today. But when force not only rules in certain countries, but is as menacing to all the world, as it is today, one cannot live in a Utopia which prays for different conditions and ignores those which exist.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1940-05-17), “My Day”
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Prelutsky, Burt -- MAS*H, 05×20 “The General’s Practitioner” (1977-02-15)

Dave — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 12:59:06 +0000

HAWKEYE: War isn’t Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.

FR. MULCAHEY: How do you figure, Hawkeye?

HAWKEYE: Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?

FR. MULCAHEY: Sinners, I believe.

HAWKEYE: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them — little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.

Burt Prelutsky (b. 1940) American TV screenwriter, author, columnist, critic
M*A*S*H, 05×20 “The General’s Practitioner” (1977-02-15)

Cook, Glen -- Faded Steel Heat, ch. 13 (1999)

Dave — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:33:13 +0000

War may not be Hell itself but it definitely does weaken the barriers between us and the dark regions.

Glen Cook (b. 1944) American author
Faded Steel Heat, ch. 13 (1999)
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WIST Quotations

Roosevelt, Eleanor -- Column (1940-05-17), “My Day”

Prelutsky, Burt -- M*A*S*H, 05×20 “The General’s Practitioner” (1977-02-15)

Cook, Glen -- Faded Steel Heat, ch. 13 (1999)

Prelutsky, Burt -- MAS*H, 05×20 “The General’s Practitioner” (1977-02-15)