"But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents."

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John Steinbeck, American Author

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"In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory."

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

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."

"War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil."

"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it."

"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."

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