William Shakespeare Quotes
Let me have war, say I; it exceeds peace as far as day does night; it's spritely, waking, audible, and full of vent.
Shakespeare, William. Coriolanus. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, Simon & Schuster, 2009, act 4, sc. 5, lines 238-239.
At the time 18 year old Douglas wanted to enlist to fight in the Philippines where his father was about to be given military command. Young Douglas took his father’s prescient advice and attended West Point instead. In an amazing historical precursor, General Arthur MacArthur ended up in policy disputes with the President over how aggressive American tactics should be. President Taft relieved MacArthur of his command.
In the earliest prediction of the World War II conflict between America and Japan:
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. They also continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
