"War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known."

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"Why do we decorate the world with the ugliness of war when nature is so beautiful and kind?"

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"All war is based on deception."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"America is the world's top war-master, the most sophisticated killer-culture in history."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"War didn't scare me. I just didn't want to go all the way-hell over there to fight one. I had a reputation after that--I pretended I shot myself by accident, but everyone knew. I never did lose that reputation, but now most everyone is dead, and y'all ain't got any stories from them, so you have to believe mine by default: They were cowards, too. Everyone is."

John Green, American Author

War, Fear, Truth, Life

"Somewhere close bye, a man is moaning; he's been trampled or thrown or bitten. He sounds resentful or surprised. Did no one tell him that pain lives in this sand, dug in and watered with our blood?"

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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"Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy."

Alfred Adler, Austrian Psychologist

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"The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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"War is mainly a catalogue of blunders."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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"It's not that success is guaranteed that we go to war. It's because it is the only alternative we have left to avoid annihilation."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law."

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"The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind."

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"That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself."

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"The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them."

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"Why do we decorate the world with the ugliness of war when nature is so beautiful and kind?"

"All war is based on deception."

"Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war."

"America is the world's top war-master, the most sophisticated killer-culture in history."

"Somewhere close bye, a man is moaning; he's been trampled or thrown or bitten. He sounds resentful or surprised. Did no one tell him that pain lives in this sand, dug in and watered with our blood?"

"Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy."

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"War is mainly a catalogue of blunders."

"It's not that success is guaranteed that we go to war. It's because it is the only alternative we have left to avoid annihilation."

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"It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law."

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"Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation."

"Curiosity is the lust of the mind."

"Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy."

"That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself."

"The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them."

"A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous."

"The Papacy is not other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof."