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"In most communities it is illegal to cry "fire" in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?"
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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."
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"In war there is no prize for runner-up."
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"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
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"War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil."
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"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it."
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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."
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"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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"That's the attractive thing about war, said Rosewater. "Absolutely everybody gets a little something."
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"Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week."
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"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."
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"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."
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"The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law."
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"I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts."
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"Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives."
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"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history."
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"We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength,"
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"There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs."
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"From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard."
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"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."
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"'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use."
Worry
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