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"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
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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."
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"That's the attractive thing about war, said Rosewater. "Absolutely everybody gets a little something."
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"A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war."
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"The casualty of war is our disappearing humanity."
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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!"
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"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."
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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."
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"One of the reasons it's important for me to write about war is I really think that the concept of war, the specifics of war, the nature of war, the ethical ambiguities of war, are introduced too late to children. I think they can hear them, understand them, know about them, at a much younger age without being scared to death by the stories."
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"If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay."
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"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend."
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"There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline."
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"A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood."
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"You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals."
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"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory."
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"Battle is an orgy of disorder."
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"Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack."
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"If a man does his best, what else is there?"
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"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."
People

"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."
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"Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood."
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