War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known. – Thomas Hobbes
Sudden glory is the passion which makes those grimaces called laughter. – Thomas Hobbes
He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy. – Thomas Hobbes
A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy. – Aldous Huxley