"We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time. But if we fail to do this, then unless we intend hereafter to violate the Constitution, we shall have a fugitive slave law in operation whenever the war is over."

War, Time, Constitution, Law

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"We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time. But if we fail to do this, then unless we intend hereafter to violate the Constitution, we shall have a fugitive slave law in operation whenever the war is over."

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"But to us of a later generation...it is inconceivable that millions of Christian men should have killed and tortured each other, because Napoleon was ambitious, Alexander firm, English policy crafty, and the Duke of Oldenburg hardly treated. We cannot grasp the connections between these circumstances and the bare fact of murder and violence, nor why the duke's wrongs should induce thousands of men from the other side of Europe to pillage and murder the inhabitants of the Smolensk and Moscow provinces and to be slaughtered by them."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

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"Military foolishness is ultimately suicidal. They believe that by risking death they pay the price of any violent behavior against enemies of their own choosing. They have the invader mentality, that false sense of freedom from responsibility for your own actions."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

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"That's the attractive thing about war, said Rosewater. "Absolutely everybody gets a little something."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

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"A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war."

Simone Weil, French Philosopher

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"What obsession do men have for destruction and murder? Who do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled 'enemy?"

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

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"The casualty of war is our disappearing humanity."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

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"Rostov kept thinking about that brilliant feat of his, which, to his surprise, had gained him the St. George Cross and even given him the reputation of a brave man - and there was something in it that he was unable to understand. "So they're even more afraid than we are!" he thought. "So that's all there is to so-called heroism? And did I really do it for the fatherland? And what harm had he done, with his dimple and his light blue eyes? But how frightened he was! He thought I'd kill him. Why should I kill him? My hand faltered. And they gave me the St. George Cross. I understand nothing, nothing!"

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

War, Fear, Heroism, Reputation, Understanding

"They meet, as we shall meet tomorrow, to murder one another; they kill and maim tens of thousands, and then have thanksgiving services for having killed so many people (they even exaggerate the number), and they announce a victory, supposing that the more people they have killed the greater their achievement. How does God above look at them and hear them?" exclaimed Prince Andrew in a shrill, piercing voice. "Ah, my friend, it has of late become hard for me to live. I see that I have begun to understand too much. And it doesn't do for man to taste of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.... Ah, well, it's not for long!" he added."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

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"War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

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"There is no victory without a war, no prize without a price, no crown without a cross."

Ikechukwu Joseph, Nigerian Motivational Speaker

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"As I read, my suspicion that Jesus might really be the Messiah was confirmed."

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"The court has said you are entitled to robust speech on public sidewalks, even insulting speech."

Court, Public, Speech

"I don't think anybody has that crystal ball but the president."

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"Actually criminal sanctions that are given could be up to five years for violating the rules and regulations under the campaign finance reform. This is like the Alien and Sedition Act of years and years ago, decades ago."

Finance, Act, Reform, Rules

"If you look at Griswold, what you can see is the first time the Court recognized the right to privacy, which ends up becoming ultimately the right to abortion."

Time, Abortion, Court, First

"The vote by the Judiciary Committee reflects the fact that John Roberts is an exceptional nominee with a conservative judicial philosophy - a philosophy that represents mainstream America."

America, Committee, Conservative, Fact

"You watch the Supreme Court in action on these cases, and they are a conflicted court. However, when it comes to speech issues generally, the court has been protective."

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"They're all focusing on how John Roberts is going to decide Roe v. Wade. That isn't even the right question. I don't even know of a case in the (court) system that addresses it."

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"The Pledge clearly acknowledges the fact that our freedoms in this country come from God, not government."

Government, God, Country, Fact

"It's now up to the full Senate to move swiftly to confirm John Roberts so he can assume his duties and responsibilities as chief justice when the Supreme Court begins its new term in a matter of weeks. We call on the Senate to confirm John Roberts without delay."

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