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"There isn't a viler creature on earth than a politician who sends the children of others to the war but not his own children!"

"There's in people simply an urge to destroy, an urge to kill, to murder and rage, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated, and grown will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again."

"War can really cause no economic boom, at least not directly, since an increase in wealth never does result from destruction of goods."

"It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major war of this century."

"But the pistol, this Walther...it was as if it had been made for the express purpose of shooting people. With a chill Richie realized that was why it had been made. What else could you do with a pistol? Use it to light your cigarettes?"
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"Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities " but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world."

"I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting."

"True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information."

"Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty the drama of human life would be destroyed."

"They said it was only a ground shark, but I was not wholly reassured. It is as bad to be eaten by a ground shark as by any other."

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."

"It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time."
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