It is not good when people no longer believe in war. Pretty soon they no longer believe in many other things which they absolutely must believe in if they are to be decent men. (Thomas Mann)

It is not good when people no longer believe in war. Pretty soon they no longer believe in many other things which they absolutely must believe in if they are to be decent men.

Thomas Mann

Related topics

believe good men longer people pretty war things

Related quotes

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. View quote
Isaac Asimov
There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven. View quote
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui. View quote
Helen Keller
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own. View quote
Livy
Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone. View quote
John Maynard Keynes