Nation is a group of people united by a mistaken view about the past and a hatred of their neighbors - Karl Deutsch (also attributed to Ernest Renan)

The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views. - Doctor Who

Never think that war, no matter how necessary nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead. - Ernest Hemingway