The Most Important Phrase In the World

Every war, every instance of bigotry, every act of douchebaggery ever carried out. All of them could have been prevented with a simple phrase. The phrase must not be spoken spitefully or it loses its effect. It must also be listened to and taken on board.

The phrase is this:

"Get over yourself."

Rivers of blood might not have been spilled, had those three words only been spoken to the right people.

"Germany will rule the world!" Hitler might have cried. "Kill the Jews! Butcher the Gypsies! The Aryan race is superior!"

"Get over yourself!" would be the response. "Germany's alright, but it's not that good. You're just a cunt!"

"I am infallible!" the first Pope might have cried. "God speaks through me! Believe or be damned!"

"Get over yourself!" would be the response. "You're not that interesting to talk to! Go back to you child porn stash!"

"I will destroy you!" might some forgotten king have said.

"I will destroy you!" might some other forgotten king have said.

"Fucking get over yourselves!" the response would cry out, clear and loud. "Do you think your descendants will give a flying fuck about your petty squabbles? Do you think, oh great rulers, that your very names will be remembered, thousands of years from now? Your puny realms will crumble into dust. Not a trace of your ever having existed will remain. Be friends. Share."

And would any of them ever listen. Of course not. But if they had, we could be exploring the galaxy by now.