What they could do with round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker thinks war would be better than chaotic peace.
- In plain terms
- War has rules; peace has none and is messy.
- What can you take from it?
- Structure matters in society.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is order worth any cost?
- What makes peace fail?
Another view
War causes immense harm regardless of order.
More from Bertolt Brecht
Science has only one commandment: contribution.
Permalink to quote #30 War is like love, it always finds a way.
Permalink to quote #32 Andrea: 'Unhappy is the land that breeds no hero.' Galileo: 'No, Andrea: Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.'
Permalink to quote #29
Related quotes
There can be no country or dignity without unity of the people, and there can be no unity without agreement, and there can be no agreement without conciliation…
Rene MoawadRene Moawad quote #1 Politics is a substitute for violence.
Dick GephardtDick Gephardt quote #1 Man is not the enemy of man but through the medium of a false system of government.
Thomas PaineThomas Paine quote #2