Every War Has Two Losers Quotes

“Keep a journal, and don't assume that your work has to accomplish anything worthy: artists and peace-workers are in it for the long haul, and not to be judged by immediate results.”
― William Edgar Stafford, Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War

“A speech is something you say so as to distract attention from what you do not say.”
― William Edgar Stafford, Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War

“If it should happen you wake up and Armageddon has come, lie still.”
― William Edgar Stafford, Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War

“Those who champion democracy, but make a fetish of never accepting anything they don't agree with -- what advantage do they see in democracy?”
― William Edgar Stafford, Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War

“Between roars the lion purrs.”
― William Edgar Stafford, Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War

“Some people are blinded by their experience. Soldiers know how important war is. Owners of slaves learn every day how inferior subject peoples are.”
― William Edgar Stafford, Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War

“Politicians need citizens who will permit them to behave reasonably.”
― William Edgar Stafford, Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War

“Can injustice one way be corrected without the interim reaction that tries to impose injustice the other way?”
― William Edgar Stafford, Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War

“Protest poetry -- could there be consensus poetry?”
― William Edgar Stafford, Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War

“Those times you caught them out and showed them up -- they learned how stupid they are. But now you'll never hear the little song of their purring throats, and you'll never know what they think, when you say hello.”
― William Edgar Stafford, Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War

“Children of heroes have glory for breakfast.”
― William Edgar Stafford, Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War

“Save the world by torturing one innocent child? Which innocent child?”
― William Edgar Stafford, Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War