"In the Age of the Almighty Computer, drones are the perfect warriors. They kill without remorse, obey without kidding around, and they never reveal the names of their masters."

"Almost all wars, perhaps all, are trade wars connected with some material interest. They are always disguised as sacred wars, made in the name of God, or civilization or progress. But all of them, or almost all of the wars, have been trade wars."

"Less is always more. The best language is silence. We live in a time of a terrible inflation of words, and it is worse than the inflation of money."

"Disasters are called natural, as if nature were the executioner and not the victim."

"Each brain is exposed to different circumstances. It's very likely that your brain is unique in the history of the universe."

"Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it."

"World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume that they would prevail simply because of who they were. We were like the British at the turn of the 19th century."

"Empires inevitably fall, and when they do, history judges them for the legacies they leave behind."