"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." John Stuart Mill
2007-02-10 12:11:54 · 9 answers · asked by TheyCallMeMom 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
ren cherry-- just wanted opinions.. thats all
2007-02-10 12:28:04 · update #1
I agree with the quote. I think it's quite fitting for our country's state of mind. Our country is the greatest on Earth, and we didn't earn our freedom and opportunities by just sitting back and being peaceful. Anything worth having doesn't come easy.
2007-02-10 12:21:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I really like this quote.. I'm not entirely sure what it means but i'll give it my best...
A person who does not have anything to fight for or does not want to fight for what is most valuable is a miserable peace of shi*.... He depends on other people to fight for what they want and benefit from it by third degree or second(i'm not sure)...He would rather be safe and let others fight for what they belieeve than stand up for himself and get out of his comfort zone... Until he lets go and fights for whats important he will not be free... O and the people that feel that war is the worst thing in the world there wong...What is worse is the people that think that there is nothing valuable enough to them that would make them want to fight for it....Um...yea
I'm probably completely and utterly wrong with this one but i tried.....
2007-02-11 16:47:08 · answer #2 · answered by vOxNi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be applicable when there is nothing left to do, but to wage war to defend one's rights. As a line in the "Coward of the County" sung by Kenny Rogers.."Sometimes, you've got to fight, when you are man."
2007-02-10 21:46:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That war is bad, because people die, but we need war to help other countries that can not help themselfs .
2007-02-10 20:48:31 · answer #4 · answered by 520 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes you have to stand to fight
2007-02-10 20:15:35 · answer #5 · answered by Campo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In full agreement here.
2007-02-10 20:16:19 · answer #6 · answered by Phartzalot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right wing rubbish
2007-02-10 20:14:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not sure I will get back to you !
2007-02-10 21:01:21 · answer #8 · answered by Lindsay Jane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is cool i dont understand what kind of answer you want.
2007-02-10 20:15:23 · answer #9 · answered by ren cherry 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋