"Iraq is in a civil war. There is no road in that country that is safe."

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"I couldn't be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, because I can finally put an end to all those who questioned my motives for enlisting in the Army Reserve at the height of the Vietnam War."

Larry David, American Actor

War, Army, End, Motives

"That was what you did. You died. You did not know what it was about. They threw you in and told you the rules and the first time they caught you off base they killed you. Or they killed you gratuitously like Aymo. Or gave you the syphilis like Rinaldi. But they killed you in the end. You could count on that. Stay around and they would kill you."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

War, Death, Suffering, Fate

"Now that it's officially summer, here's my advice to parents who want to continue teaching their kids during the next two months and learn something themselves: visit Civil War battlefields."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

War, Advice, Kids, Months

"Well the war lasted for three months, from April of 1994 until the Tutsi army, the exiles as it were, gained control of the country and then it stopped."

Tony Greig, South African Athlete

War, Control, April, Army

"In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war."

Arthur Henderson, British Politician

War, Dictatorship, Nationalism, State

"Well, I was a very strong opponent of the war, in fact, one of those who went door to door to my colleagues and thus achieved 60 percent of the Democrats voting no against this war."

Jan Schakowsky, American Politician

War, Democrats, Fact, Voting

"I have watched them all day and they are the same men that we are. I believe that I could walk up to the mill and knock on the door and I would be welcome except that they have orders to challenge all travelers and ask to see their papers. It is only orders that come between us. Those men are not fascists. I call them so, but they are not. They are poor men as we are. They should never be fighting against us and I do not like to think of the killing."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

War, Peace, Humanity, Conflict

"War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable."

Dennis Weaver, American Actor

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"After every war someone has to tidy up."

Wislawa Szymborska, Polish Poet

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"No study is possible on the battlefield."

Ferdinand Foch, French Soldier

War, Study

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"I didn't realize the president was such an historian."

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"When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention."

Attention

"John McCain has become the de facto running mate of George W. Bush."

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"You've got people who didn't serve with John Kerry saying they did serve with John Kerry in the boat. With George Bush, we can't find anybody who did serve with him."

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"George Bush says what John Kerry did was noble. Yet he sees him being savaged by his own supporters."

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"As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve."

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"I couldn't be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, because I can finally put an end to all those who questioned my motives for enlisting in the Army Reserve at the height of the Vietnam War."

"Now that it's officially summer, here's my advice to parents who want to continue teaching their kids during the next two months and learn something themselves: visit Civil War battlefields."

"Well the war lasted for three months, from April of 1994 until the Tutsi army, the exiles as it were, gained control of the country and then it stopped."

"In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war."

"Well, I was a very strong opponent of the war, in fact, one of those who went door to door to my colleagues and thus achieved 60 percent of the Democrats voting no against this war."

"War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable."

"After every war someone has to tidy up."

"No study is possible on the battlefield."

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"I didn't realize the president was such an historian."

"When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention."

"John McCain has become the de facto running mate of George W. Bush."

"You've got people who didn't serve with John Kerry saying they did serve with John Kerry in the boat. With George Bush, we can't find anybody who did serve with him."

"George Bush says what John Kerry did was noble. Yet he sees him being savaged by his own supporters."

"The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work."

"George Bush is trying to play it both ways."

"Character is destiny and character is important to American campaigns."

"John Kerry's biography was central to his campaign."

"As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve."