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Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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What if someone gave a war and Nobody came? Allen Ginsberg
war lying military
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war men soldier
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Our best presidents have really combined domestic leadership with heroic achievements in foreign affairs or war. Allan Lichtman
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These doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World War looked like conquistadors. The more expert they become the more they look like lab assistants in small colleges Alistair Cooke
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Like a christening, a wedding, a graduation ceremony, a holy war, a revolutioneven?a fireworksdisplay, agaudy promise of what life ought to be, not life itself. Alistair Cooke
war missing want
Wouldn't want to miss a war, would I? Alison McGhee
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