"Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

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Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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George Orwell, British Author

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John Steinbeck, American Author

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Kurt Vonnegut, 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."

"That's the attractive thing about war, said Rosewater. "Absolutely everybody gets a little something."

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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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"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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