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"The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy."
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"In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility; but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, disguise fair nature with hard-favor'd rage."

"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."

"Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy."
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"The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say."

"A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain; you cannot have either until you have both."

"Our first concern is the security of the lawyers because without security you can't possibly have a fair trial, if trial at all, and that's not been adequately attended to."

"If Rosa Parks had not refused to move to the back of the bus, you and I might never have heard of Dr. Martin Luther King."

"There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals."
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