"I know about people who talk about suffering for the common good. It's never bloody them! When you hear a man shouting "Forward, brave comrades!" you'll see he's the one behind the bloody big rock and the one wearing the only really arrow-proof helmet!"

Rincewind gives a speech on politics.
Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times

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"I know about people who talk about suffering for the common good.

Those are the immoral btards sitting in a safe place rubbing their hands together with glee as their dividend from shares in the weapons industry rise with the stock exchange prices.