"The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain."

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"Well the war lasted for three months, from April of 1994 until the Tutsi army, the exiles as it were, gained control of the country and then it stopped."

Tony Greig, South African Athlete

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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."

James Lovelock, English Scientist

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

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it."

George Orwell, British Author

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"It would be immoral to walk away from the consequences of our actions, leaving behind anarchy and civil war in Iraq."

Kenneth Clarke, English Politician

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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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M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

War, Evil, Humanity, Cause

"In a war, the first casualty is human dignity."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

War, Dignity, Loss, Humanity

"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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"The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appears to be going on geologically, on the bottom of the oceans and beneath the crust of the Earth: the tectonic plates are moving."

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"If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when you have to - and you will - leave, and be something else."

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"Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen."

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"If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be. Therefore you are not responsible, and nothing is your fault."

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"You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone."

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"Abortion is either OK or it's not."

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"Well the war lasted for three months, from April of 1994 until the Tutsi army, the exiles as it were, gained control of the country and then it stopped."

"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."

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

"War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it."

"It would be immoral to walk away from the consequences of our actions, leaving behind anarchy and civil war in Iraq."

"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."

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

"In a war, the first casualty is human dignity."

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

"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."

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"The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appears to be going on geologically, on the bottom of the oceans and beneath the crust of the Earth: the tectonic plates are moving."

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"If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when you have to - and you will - leave, and be something else."

"Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen."

"If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be. Therefore you are not responsible, and nothing is your fault."

"You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone."

"Abortion is either OK or it's not."

"Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk."