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All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.

All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.

John Steinbeck
War, Animal, Men
John Steinbeck (2007). “Once There Was a War”, p.9, Penguin

I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.

John Steinbeck
War, Reality, Romance
John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.77, Penguin

Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.

John Steinbeck
War, Fighting, Winning
John Steinbeck (2009). “The Short Novels of John Steinbeck: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.344, Penguin

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.

John Steinbeck
Football, War, Team
John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.126, Penguin

War ... a reversal of the rules where a man is permitted to kill all the humans he can.

John Steinbeck
War, Men, Humans
John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.456, Penguin

It must be a hard thing to kill a man you don't know and don't hate.

John Steinbeck
Hate, War, Men
John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.126, Penguin

And now the forces marshaled around the concept of the group have declared a war of extermination on that preciousness, the mind of man.

John Steinbeck
War, Men, Mind
John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.115, Penguin

The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and love. In the endless war against weakness and despair, these are the bright rally flags of hope and of emulation. I hold that a writer who does not believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.

John Steinbeck
War, Believe, Heart
John Steinbeck (2003). “America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction”, p.146, Penguin

The Mexican War was a training ground for generals, so that when the sad self-murders settled on us, the leaders knew the techniques for making it properly horrible.

John Steinbeck
War, Self, Mexican

My wants are simple. I have no desire to latch onto a monster symbol of fate and power and prove my manhood in titanic piscine war. But sometimes I do like a couple of cooperative fish of frying size.

John Steinbeck
Couple, War, Fate

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