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"My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel."

"My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel."

Roseanne Barr, American Actress

War, Hope, Apparel, Military

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"Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political will, but political will is a renewable resource."

"Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political will, but political will is a renewable resource."

Al Gore, American Vice President

War, Fashion, Nation, Will

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"Serious sport is war minus the shooting."

"Serious sport is war minus the shooting."

George Orwell, British Author

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"The civil war which has so long prevailed between Spain and the Provinces in South America still continues, without any prospect of its speedy termination."

"The civil war which has so long prevailed between Spain and the Provinces in South America still continues, without any prospect of its speedy termination."

James Monroe, American President

War, America, Spain

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"If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war?"

"If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war?"

Zebulon Pike, American Soldier

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"Right now we're in the middle of a cultural war between the Muslims and the Western world. The politicians get in the way, but if you put two people together in a room, they can talk it out and work it out, just like Anna and the King."

"Right now we're in the middle of a cultural war between the Muslims and the Western world. The politicians get in the way, but if you put two people together in a room, they can talk it out and work it out, just like Anna and the King."

Sandy Duncan, American Musician

War, Work, People, Now

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"We convinced him quickly that the possibility of war was absolutely nil and continued our festivity. On the next day we were ordered to take the field."

"We convinced him quickly that the possibility of war was absolutely nil and continued our festivity. On the next day we were ordered to take the field."

Manfred von Richthofen, German Aviator

War, Possibility, Day

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"And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing old Vietnamese women ducking under the benches in Washington Square; they thought they were back in the war."

"And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing old Vietnamese women ducking under the benches in Washington Square; they thought they were back in the war."

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American Poet

War, Women, Thought, Angels

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"All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be looking for them. They cursed war in general and PTs in particular. At about ten o'clock the hulk heaved a moist sigh and turned turtle."

"All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be looking for them. They cursed war in general and PTs in particular. At about ten o'clock the hulk heaved a moist sigh and turned turtle."

John Hersey, American Writer

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"And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war."

"And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war."

Dana Rohrabacher, American Politician

War, Americans, Troops

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"Destroyers were the first to herald our entrance into the war."

"Destroyers were the first to herald our entrance into the war."

Josephus Daniels, American Politician

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"The only lesson to extract from any civil war is that it's pointless and futile and ugly, and that there is nothing glamorous or heroic about it. There are heroes, but the causes are never heroic."

"The only lesson to extract from any civil war is that it's pointless and futile and ugly, and that there is nothing glamorous or heroic about it. There are heroes, but the causes are never heroic."

Anthony Minghella, British Director

War, Causes, Heroes, Nothing

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"There was a war crimes trial because an American prisoner had been shot trying to escape. He had obviously been recaptured and shot, and that violated the Geneva Convention."

"There was a war crimes trial because an American prisoner had been shot trying to escape. He had obviously been recaptured and shot, and that violated the Geneva Convention."

Charles Guggenheim, American Director

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"Our ties are deep and long-standing. We are dependent on each other. And no matter what the issue of the day, whether it be softwood lumber, whether it be a war in Iraq, we need to continue to work together."

"Our ties are deep and long-standing. We are dependent on each other. And no matter what the issue of the day, whether it be softwood lumber, whether it be a war in Iraq, we need to continue to work together."

Paul Cellucci, American Politician

War, Work, Day, Deep

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"War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory."

"War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory."

Georges Clemenceau, French Leader

War, Victory, Catastrophes, Results

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"Don't invade Iraq. Inspections work, war won't."

"Don't invade Iraq. Inspections work, war won't."

Martin Sheen, American Actor

War, Work, Iraq

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"War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not without regret that I see it disappearing more and more from the scene."

"War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not without regret that I see it disappearing more and more from the scene."

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt, German Linguist

War, Nature, Culture, Human nature

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"All this happened, more or less. The war parts, anyway, are pretty much true."

"All this happened, more or less. The war parts, anyway, are pretty much true."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

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"Accurst be he that first invented war."

"Accurst be he that first invented war."

Christopher Marlowe, English Dramatist

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"It's true that the war in Iraq opened a distance in relations between part of Europe and the U.S. government, but our basic ties are stronger than that. We share democracy, free markets and a commitment to Western security. We differ on how to guarantee that security."

"It's true that the war in Iraq opened a distance in relations between part of Europe and the U.S. government, but our basic ties are stronger than that. We share democracy, free markets and a commitment to Western security. We differ on how to guarantee that security."

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish Statesman

War, Government, Commitment, Democracy

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"In the issue war in Iraq, it was very clear to me that the policies that were being espoused by neoconservatives were totally devoid of substance - but they marketed it wonderfully."

"In the issue war in Iraq, it was very clear to me that the policies that were being espoused by neoconservatives were totally devoid of substance - but they marketed it wonderfully."

Joseph C. Wilson, American Public Servant

War, Being, Iraq

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"Having grown up in Oklahoma when it was one of the last states which prohibited liquor, I grew up with War On Drugs, where every teenager knew who the bootleggers were."

"Having grown up in Oklahoma when it was one of the last states which prohibited liquor, I grew up with War On Drugs, where every teenager knew who the bootleggers were."

Tony Hillerman, American Author

War, Drugs, Liquor, States

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"When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years."

"When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years."

Carl Levin, American Politician

War, Intelligence, Decision, Months

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"But it required a disastrous, internecine war to bring this question of human freedom to a crisis, and the process of striking the shackles from the slave was accomplished in a single hour."

"But it required a disastrous, internecine war to bring this question of human freedom to a crisis, and the process of striking the shackles from the slave was accomplished in a single hour."

Wendell Willkie, American Lawyer

War, Crisis, Freedom, Question

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"We have to bring stability to Iraq, otherwise we will be faced with a future dilemma of sending our loved ones into harms way to stop a civil war or the rise of a new tyrant born from the instability that we created."

"We have to bring stability to Iraq, otherwise we will be faced with a future dilemma of sending our loved ones into harms way to stop a civil war or the rise of a new tyrant born from the instability that we created."

Jay Rockefeller, American Politician

War, Future, Iraq, Stability

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"In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion."

"In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion."

James Reston, American Journalist

War, Commonsense, First, Open

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"The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose."

"The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose."

John T. Flynn, American Critic

War, Defeat, Lies, Military

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"No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote."

"No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote."

Hillary Clinton, American Politician

War, Courage, Bravery

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"If there's another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country."

"If there's another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country."

Daniel Ellsberg, American Celebrity

War, Country, Day, Doubt

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"For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense."

"For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense."

James T. Walsh, American Politician

War, Courage, Americans, Defense

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"The media is not at all homogeneous in the way it tells us about war."

"The media is not at all homogeneous in the way it tells us about war."

Bruce Jackson, American Public Servant

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"After the war, in which I served as a pilot in the Air Force, I took up films."

"After the war, in which I served as a pilot in the Air Force, I took up films."

Ivor Novello, Welsh Musician

4

"I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawling out, getting rescued by brave soldiers."

"I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawling out, getting rescued by brave soldiers."

Roald Dahl, British Novelist

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"All war aims for impunity."

"All war aims for impunity."

Michael Ignatieff, Canadian Politician

4

"I was 20 years old at Pearl Harbor. I was in the Navy about a year and four months before the war."

"I was 20 years old at Pearl Harbor. I was in the Navy about a year and four months before the war."

Barney Ross, American Athlete

War, Months, Navy, Old

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"The Middle East is more angry than ever. I'm afraid that the sort of deceit on the route to war was linked to the lack of preparation for afterwards and the chaos and suffering that continuous - so it won't go away will it?"

"The Middle East is more angry than ever. I'm afraid that the sort of deceit on the route to war was linked to the lack of preparation for afterwards and the chaos and suffering that continuous - so it won't go away will it?"

Clare Short, British Politician

War, Chaos, Deceit, Preparation

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"War is like love; it always finds a way."

"War is like love; it always finds a way."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

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"War is over if you want it."

"War is over if you want it."

Yoko Ono, American Artist

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"We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the meantime I was listening to the free radio stations and I noticed that during their war coverage they were playing these songs born out of the Vietnam War that were all critical of the soldiers."

"We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the meantime I was listening to the free radio stations and I noticed that during their war coverage they were playing these songs born out of the Vietnam War that were all critical of the soldiers."

Joni Mitchell, Canadian Musician

War, Creativity, Listening, Soldiers

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"The mad, cruel, and accursed American war."

"The mad, cruel, and accursed American war."

Lord George Gordon, British Politician

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"The United States particularly abandoned Liberia after the end of the Cold War."

"The United States particularly abandoned Liberia after the end of the Cold War."

Russell Banks, American Author

War, End, States, United

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"Rock 'n' roll was two pegs below being a prisoner of war back then."

"Rock 'n' roll was two pegs below being a prisoner of war back then."

Ronnie Hawkins, American Musician

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"My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be out of the World War too. But no way - they got him anyway. He went in the Navy and then I lived on the streets."

"My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be out of the World War too. But no way - they got him anyway. He went in the Navy and then I lived on the streets."

Gregory Corso, American Poet

War, Home, Father, Thought

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"The year 1915 was one of meager results, the advantages remaining on the side of the Central Powers, with this understanding, however: The Allies were growing stronger because Great Britain was making rapid progress in marshaling her resources for war."

"The year 1915 was one of meager results, the advantages remaining on the side of the Central Powers, with this understanding, however: The Allies were growing stronger because Great Britain was making rapid progress in marshaling her resources for war."

Kelly Miller, American Sociologist

War, Progress, Results, Understanding

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"The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people."

"The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

War, People, Chance, Right

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"We find that the Romans owed the conquest of the world to no other cause than continual military training, exact observance of discipline in their camps, and unwearied cultivation of the other arts of war."

"We find that the Romans owed the conquest of the world to no other cause than continual military training, exact observance of discipline in their camps, and unwearied cultivation of the other arts of war."

Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Roman Writer

War, Discipline, Cause, Conquest

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"Latinos have fought in all of America's wars, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Many Latinos are fighting and dying for our country today in Iraq, just as several of their ancestors fought for freedom in Mexico over a century ago."

"Latinos have fought in all of America's wars, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Many Latinos are fighting and dying for our country today in Iraq, just as several of their ancestors fought for freedom in Mexico over a century ago."

Joe Baca, American Politician

War, America, Beginning, Country

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"It was a superb agreement to end a war, but a very bad agreement to make a state. From now on, we have to part company with Dayton and try to build a modern democratic state, for which I have tried to lay the foundations."

"It was a superb agreement to end a war, but a very bad agreement to make a state. From now on, we have to part company with Dayton and try to build a modern democratic state, for which I have tried to lay the foundations."

Paddy Ashdown, British Politician

War, Agreement, Company, End

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"War is a blessing compared with national degradation."

"War is a blessing compared with national degradation."

Andrew Jackson, American President

4

"By interviewing at least one veteran, you can preserve memories that otherwise might be lost. My uncle was a downed fighter pilot and P.O.W. in World War II, and I am looking forward to recording his story for inclusion in the project."

"By interviewing at least one veteran, you can preserve memories that otherwise might be lost. My uncle was a downed fighter pilot and P.O.W. in World War II, and I am looking forward to recording his story for inclusion in the project."

Spencer Bachus, American Politician

War, Memories, Project, World

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