It is remarkable that soldiers by profession, men truly and unquestionably brave, seldom advise war but in cases of extream necessity. While mere rhetoricians, tongue-pads and scribes, timid by nature, or from their little bodily exercise deficient in those spirits that give real courage, are ever bawling for war on the most trifling occasions, and seem the most blood-thirsty of mankind - Benjamin Franklin

War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them - little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.

Always marry for love, just don't let it be the only thing you marry for.

A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then its finished; no matter how brave its warriors or how strong their weapons.

Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy - Henry Kissinger


Nobody earns a billion dollars, you take it. Real power can't be given. It must be taken.

Ghengis khan said to unite the tribes they needed 2 things: plentiful grass for cattle and a common enemy to rail against

Most can't fathom how sociological knowledge can be exploited to make a living. Sociology is the basis of social engineering. This is a saying I made a while ago. "Just because you drive a car everyday for 30+ years doesn't mean you know how to fix one." My point being just because you've been alive and live in society doesn't mean you know how it works.
it can be relevant in any field that requires understanding people.
https://www.reddit.com/r/sociology/comments/151hcs6/people_seeing_sociology_as_a_useless_degree/
https://www.reddit.com/r/sociology/comments/m6s2sb/is_a_master_degree_in_sociology_worth_it/
https://www.quora.com/Should-I-study-sociology-or-international-relations
Sociology is the study of how people -- together -- build things larger than themselves. Sociologists are the physicists of our social reality. (And indeed an early name for Sociology was "Social Physics" or "Moral Physics")
https://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/w8kvar/per_a_recent_study_it_was_found_that_economics/ihtfyz3/
Find programs based on what you want to do first and foremost. The program will provide opportunities for work and networking that you can't get elsewhere.

I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept. - Angela Y. Davis

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