I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein, in an interview with Alfred Werner, Liberal Judaism 16 (April-May 1949), Einstein Archive 30-1104, as sourced in The New Quotable Einstein by Alice Calaprice (2005), p. 173 Differing versions of
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“To a totalitarian Dictator, an open and inquisitive mind is more dangerous even than a Marine with a rifle.” General James Mattis
This quote by Gen. James Mattis reads: “When I was a young officer in 1979, I toured what was known as “The Killing Fields” in Cambodia. This is the area where the Khmer Rouge killed off nearly a quarter of the Cambodian population, something like 1.9 million people in just a few years. My guide
“I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind…” Khalil Gibran
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