As long as we think abstractly, as long as we find in patriotism and the exuberance of War our fulfillment, we will never understand those who do battle against us, or how we are perceived by them, or finally those who do battle for us and how we should respond to it all. We will never discover who we are. We will fail to confront the capacity we all have for violence.


War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning (ed. PublicAffairs, 2014) - ISBN: 9781610395106

Chris Hedges Quotes

As long as we think abstractly, as long as we find in patriotism and the exuberance of War our fulfillment, we will never understand those who do...

As long as we think abstractly, as long as we find in patriotism and the exuberance of War our fulfillment, we will never understand those who do...

As long as we think abstractly, as long as we find in patriotism and the exuberance of War our fulfillment, we will never understand those who do...

As long as we think abstractly, as long as we find in patriotism and the exuberance of War our fulfillment, we will never understand those who do...