Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
Advocates moving past past conflicts and avoiding global destruction.
In plain terms
Forget old wars and do not destroy the world.
What can you take from it?
Focus on peace and avoid escalating conflicts to nuclear levels.

Where it applies

  • international relations
  • personal grudges
  • conflict resolution

Putting it to work

  • moving forward
  • de-escalation
  • avoiding escalation

Questions to consider

  • Can we truly forget past wars?
  • How do we prevent global destruction?

Another view

Some past actions demand accountability rather than forgetting.

More from Kinky Friedman

  1. 'Poly' means more than one, and ticks are bloodsucking parasites.

    Permalink to quote #2
  2. I support gay marriage because I believe they have the right to be just as miserable as the rest of us.

    Permalink to quote #3
  3. Don't see it as supporting their economy, but as burning their crops.

    Permalink to quote #4

Related quotes

  1. If survival calls for the bearing of arms, bear them you must. But the most important part of the challenge is for you to find another means that does not come…

    Rod SerlingRod Serling quote #2
  2. In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed - they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci and the Renaissanc…

    Orson WellesOrson Welles quote #2
  3. We are in no position to withstand a prolonged static war. Wherever the allies concentrate their forces they will break through. For us there can be no questio…

    Gerd von RundstedtGerd von Rundstedt quote #2