They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
It is hard, I submit, to loathe bloodshed, including war, more than I do, but it is still harder to exceed my loathing of the very nature of totalitarian states in which massacre is only an administrative detail. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be based on war and games. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
It was definitely a part of our life. I mean, my mom had both her brothers and her fiancee in Vietnam at the same time, so it wasn't just my dad's story, it was my mom's story too. And we definitely grew up listening to the stories. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>