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Otto Hahn

"I knew that the Hague Convention prohibited the use of poison in war. I didn't know the details of the terms of the Convention, but I did know of that prohibition."

Otto Hahn, German Scientist
War, Poison, Prohibition
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"I knew that the Hague Convention prohibited the use of poison in war. I didn't know the details of the terms of the Convention, but I did know of that prohibition."

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"This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear war, and humanity were wiped out, the Earth would breathe a sigh of relief."

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"The only defensible war is a war of defense."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer
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"Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting."

George Orwell, British Author
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"War is the most evil kind of human approach, unless it is for good cause."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author
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"The tank, the submarine, the torpedo, the machine-gun, even the rifle and the hand grenade are still in use."

George Orwell, British Author
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"I had seen the films out of World War II, the great 82nd Airborne, the 101st, and all of those of you in the greatest generation and the service that you had provided."

Hugh Shelton, American Soldier
War, Service, World, Worldwar
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"There is neither a foreign war nor a civil war, there is only just and unjust war."

Victor Hugo, French Author
War, Justice, Injustice, Conflict
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"I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious."

Oliver Stone, American Director
War, Consequences
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"The main force used in the evolving world of humanity has hitherto been applied in the form of war."

Arthur Keith, Scottish Scientist
War, Force, Humanity, World
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"Why have we built warships to bring home peace?"

Debasish Mridha, American Author
War, Peace, Irony, Technology

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