...way of life

When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.
-Frédéric Bastiat, economist and writer (1801-1850)

..can't change your mind

The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't going to change His. 

-Roger Ebert, film-critic (1942-2013)

..death is not an adventure

This book (All Quiet on the Western Front) is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war. 

-Erich Maria Remarque, novelist (1898-1970)

Aims Vs Methods

There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another. 

-Emma Goldman, social activist (1869-1940)

...justified strength

Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength. 

-Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (1623-1662)