In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli.

Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane.

When people don’t understand that the government doesn’t have their interests in mind, they’re more susceptible to go to war.

If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates.

War itself is the enemy of the human race.