This Subject Brings Me To That Vilest Offspring Of The Herd Mind -- The Odious Militia. The Man Who Enjoys Marching In Line And File To The Strains Of Music Falls Below My Contempt; He Received His Great Brain By Mistake -- The Spinal Cord Would Have Been Amply Sufficient. This Heroism At Command, This Senseless Violence, This Accursed Bombast Of Patriotism -- How Intensely I Despise Them! War Is Low And Despicable, And I Had Rather Be Smitten To Shreds Than Participate In Such Doings.

-Albert Einstein

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This Subject Brings Me To That Vilest

Albert Einstein

This Subject Brings Me To That Vilest Offspring Of The Herd Mind -- The Odious Militia. The Man Who Enjoys Marching In Line And File To The Strains Of Music Falls Below My Contempt; He Received His Great Brain By Mistake -- The Spinal Cord Would Have Been Amply Sufficient. This Heroism At Command, This Senseless Violence, This Accursed Bombast Of Patriotism -- How Intensely I Despise Them! War Is Low And Despicable, And I Had Rather Be Smitten To Shreds Than Participate In Such Doings.

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My Passionate Sense Of Social Justice And Social Responsibility Has Always Contrasted Oddly With My Pronounced Lack Of Need For Direct Contact With Other Human Beings And Human Communities. I Am Truly A 'lone Traveler' And Have Never Belonged To My Country, My Home, My Friends, Or Even My Immediate Family, With My Whole Heart; In The Face Of All These Ties, I Have Never Lost A Sense Of Distance And A Need For Solitude.

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