I never joined the army for patriotic reasons.

Quote by Isaac Rosenberg

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I will not leave a corner of my consciousness covered up, but saturate myself with...

I will not leave a corner of my consciousness covered up, but saturate myself with...

Nothing can justify war.

Nothing can justify war.

Being by the nature of my upbringing, all my energies having been directed to one...

Being by the nature of my upbringing, all my energies having been directed to one...

I despair of ever writing excellent poetry.

I despair of ever writing excellent poetry.

I can't look at things in the simple, large way that great poets do.

I can't look at things in the simple, large way that great poets do.

I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can...

I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can...

I can only say that one's individual situation is more real and important to oneself...

I can only say that one's individual situation is more real and important to oneself...

You mustn't forget the circumstances I have been brought up in, the little education I...

You mustn't forget the circumstances I have been brought up in, the little education I...

Poetical appreciation is only newly bursting on me.

Poetical appreciation is only newly bursting on me.

Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way.

Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way.

Here lies one not long dead; His dark hearing caught our far wheels, and the...

Here lies one not long dead; His dark hearing caught our far wheels, and the...

Prior to the passage of the Patriot Act, it was very difficult - often impossible...

Prior to the passage of the Patriot Act, it was very difficult - often impossible...

Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.

Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.

Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way

Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way

The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

State intelligence, like military intelligence and woman friend, is a contradiction in terms.

State intelligence, like military intelligence and woman friend, is a contradiction in terms.

The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him...

The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him...

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

In my professional work with the Agency, by the late '70s, I had come to...

In my professional work with the Agency, by the late '70s, I had come to...

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical...

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical...