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The people resemble a wild beast, which, naturally fierce and accustomed to live in the woods, has been brought up, as it were, in a prison and in servitude, and having by accident got its liberty, not being accustomed to search for its food, and not knowing where to conceal itself, easily becomes the prey of the first who seeks to incarcerate it again.

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Justice itself tends to be corrupted by political passion.

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Laws are silent in time of war.

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To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.

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Ay me! for aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth. But, either it was different in blood,- Or else it stood upon the choice of friends,- Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it.

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Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content! Farewell the plumed troops, and the big wars That make ambition virtue.

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And we will win the war, and there will be costs. But the military folks understand that, and so do I, and so does the Secretary of Defense.

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This was not after all a conventional war, a struggle between equally predacious powers; it was a war to end all wars.

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This isn't a war," said the artilleryman. "It never was a war, any more than there's war between man and ants.

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I think I was unprepared for war.

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I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down but I bite my lip and keep quiet.

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All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated.

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My pacifism is not based on any intellectual theory but on a deep antipathy to every form of cruelty and hatred.

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The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don't represent peace. They represent evil and war.

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At the beginning of this century, people never questioned the effectiveness of war, never thought there could be real peace. Now, people are tired of war and see it as ineffective in solving anything.

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Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.

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German people are essentially pacifists. Many still remember the experience of World War II. And they may not have seen Saddam Hussein as evil a person as a lot of other people have.

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The [Vietnam War Memorial] Wall became a magnet for citizens of every generation, class, race, and relationship to the war perhaps because it is the only great public monument that allows the anesthetized holes in the heart to fill with a truly national grief.

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Every little advantage is of great moment when men have to come to blows.

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Having lost the last war, they are currently enjoying a "Wirtschaftswunder," which can be briefly translated as "The best way to own a Mercedes is to build one."

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