"We've made some mistakes in this country in times past - the Korean conflict proceeding that, some say proceeding the Persian Gulf War, where we were ambiguous as to what we would do."

War, Conflict, Country, Mistakes

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"We've made some mistakes in this country in times past - the Korean conflict proceeding that, some say proceeding the Persian Gulf War, where we were ambiguous as to what we would do."

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"In war there is no prize for runner-up."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"Look now -- in all of history men have been taught that killing of men is an evil thing not to be countenanced. Any man who kills must be destroyed because this is a great sin, maybe the worst we know. And then we take a soldier and put murder in his hands and we say to him, "use it well, use it wisely." We put no checks on him. Go out and kill as many of a certain kind or classification of your brothers as you can. And we will reward you for it because it is a violation of your early training."

John Steinbeck, American Author

War, Morality, Killing, Conflict

"There were people who gave everything they had to the war because it was the last war and by winning it we would remove war like a thorn from the flesh of the world and there wouldn't be any more such horrible nonsense."

John Steinbeck, American Author

War, Sacrifice, Hope, Peace

"There was murder, there was rape, there were unspeakable practices, and all of them were for the good, the bloody good, the bloody myth, for the grail, for the Tower."

Stephen King, American Author

War, Truth, Myth, Wisdom, Power

"It was how wars really ended, Dieffenbaker supposed -- not at truce tables but in cancer wards and office cafeterias and traffic jams. Wars died one tiny piece at a time, each piece something that fell like a memory, each lost like an echo that fades in winding hills. In the end even war ran up the white flag. Or so he hoped. He hoped that in the end even war surrendered."

Stephen King, American Author

War, Regret, Today, Future

"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?"

Stephen King, American Author

War, Weapon, Violence, Truth, Realization

"Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind."

H. G. Wells, English Author

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"And now submarines are armed with mass murder, our silly, only way of deterring mass murder."

John Steinbeck, American Author

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"I don't fight without reason. I don't want war without end."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

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"Vietnam was a country where America was trying to make people stop being communists by dropping things on them from airplanes."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

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"There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill."

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"Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them."

Want

"We also have to ask if we focusing on the most important priorities."

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"And I believe in the 13 years Judge Roberts was there, he never turned down a request to give some assistance on a pro-bono case, and this was no different."

Politics

"I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan."

People

"But obviously, we can't afford to make some bad long-term decisions with regard to basic commitments our country has - trade those away for some short-term assistance that may or may not be there a month from now."

Nation

"The problem is that agencies sometimes lose sight of common sense as they create regulations."

Commonsense

"We've made some mistakes in this country in times past - the Korean conflict proceeding that, some say proceeding the Persian Gulf War, where we were ambiguous as to what we would do."

War

"Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns."

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"While we believe there are fruitful opportunities to update and improve old rules, we do not want to set up a review process that could create a litigation morass."

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