Arthur Desmond Quotes
When men cease to fight — they cease to be — Men
This was written under the name of Ragnar Redbeard. There are a few scholars who believe that it was written by Jack London, but most credit Desmond.
Arthur Desmond, ~1859–1929, English Writer and Political Activist, Might is Right, 1890
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She and her husband, like many of the "America Firsters", believed that Hitler should be allowed to overrun Europe and Russia.
See Prince Otto von Bismarck-Schoenhausen {632620} for a similar focus on "iron and blood". This is no coincidence as Lindemann had been the Captain of the Battleship Bismarck.
Kennedy was an admirer of Hitler and convinced that democracy was finished in England. His views—see also {610121} and {610122}—destroyed his own political career in the United States, and he thereafter maintained his political aspirations through his children.
Many modern psychologists would disagree with James as they would argue that the pugnacity is learned from culture and environment.
He was ironically observing that most animals and primitive humans, there is fighting among the species but rarely do the fight to the death. One usually gives up, and the other will let him retire from the fight. The fighter who is getting the worst of it, will retire from the battle. However, “civilized” humans will fight for principles and ideas often to the death. “Civilized humans” also think ahead and will strive to exterminate an enemy and kill even after surrender or submission.
Arthur Desmond, also known as Arthur Uing, Richard Thurland, Desmond Dilg, and Gavin Gowrie, was a political activist, poet, and author. He lived for periods in New Zealand, Australia, the United States, and England.
