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"The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion."

"So far war has been the only force that can discipline a whole community and until an equivalent discipline is organized I believe that war must have its way."

"In the matter of war, ask this question to yourself and to your own fellow country men: Have you ever seen any politician in your country without legs, without arms, without eyes after war? No! You can't see such a thing because honourless politicians always stay in the safe ports while they send others to the zone of death!"

"War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves."

"War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it."

"A woman protested saying, "Of course it was a righteous war. My son fell in it."."

"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."
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"I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire."

"Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?"

"I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist."

"I think it's impossible for any of us not to find television, and the political process at its best on television, compelling."

"Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own."

"I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people."
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