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"The war was a mirror; it reflected man's every virtue and every vice, and if you looked closely, like an artist at his drawings, it showed up both with unusual clarity."
George Grosz
"The war was a mirror; it reflected man's every virtue and every vice, and if you looked closely, like an artist at his drawings, it showed up both with unusual clarity."
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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."
Wendell Willkie
"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."
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"For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced."
Jim Walsh
"For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced."
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"We've finally given liberals a war against fundamentalism, and they don't want to fight it. They would, except it would put them on the same side as the United States."
Ann Coulter
"We've finally given liberals a war against fundamentalism, and they don't want to fight it. They would, except it would put them on the same side as the United States."
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"America must continue diplomacy, even as we continue the war, to expand the coalition of the willing to share the burden of war and to share the responsibility and the economic cost of rebuilding Iraq."
Barbara Mikulski
"America must continue diplomacy, even as we continue the war, to expand the coalition of the willing to share the burden of war and to share the responsibility and the economic cost of rebuilding Iraq."
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"Discount my partiality, but my report is that so far The Winds of War is looking good."
Herman Wouk
"Discount my partiality, but my report is that so far The Winds of War is looking good."
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"The media is not at all homogeneous in the way it tells us about war."
Bruce Jackson
"The media is not at all homogeneous in the way it tells us about war."
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"We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning."
William Westmoreland
"We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning."
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"In Japan itself there have all along been attempts by some to obliterate the article about renunciation of war from the Constitution and for this purpose they have taken every opportunity to make use of pressures from abroad."
Kenzaburo Oe
"In Japan itself there have all along been attempts by some to obliterate the article about renunciation of war from the Constitution and for this purpose they have taken every opportunity to make use of pressures from abroad."
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"It simply is not true that war never settles anything."
Felix Frankfurter
"It simply is not true that war never settles anything."
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"In war there is no substitute for victory."
Douglas MacArthur
"In war there is no substitute for victory."
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"War is the ultimate reality-based horror show."
David Hackworth
"War is the ultimate reality-based horror show."
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"I feel like war should occur only for the most vital and necessary reasons, and only then."
Sharon Stone
"I feel like war should occur only for the most vital and necessary reasons, and only then."
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"I was the first candidate to come out against this war, spoke at every anti-war march."
Al Sharpton
"I was the first candidate to come out against this war, spoke at every anti-war march."
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"Long live the liberation of the workers off all countries from the infernal chasm of war, exploitation and slavery!"
Karl Liebknecht
"Long live the liberation of the workers off all countries from the infernal chasm of war, exploitation and slavery!"
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"'The war in Iraq - if Osama was a Christian - it's the Christmas present he never would have expected."
Michael Scheuer
"'The war in Iraq - if Osama was a Christian - it's the Christmas present he never would have expected."
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"Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships."
Barney Ross
"Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships."
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"When we go to war I will not ask the White Racist next to me what is he Christian or Atheist? I will only expect him or her to kill the enemy as I will."
Tom Metzger
"When we go to war I will not ask the White Racist next to me what is he Christian or Atheist? I will only expect him or her to kill the enemy as I will."
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"On the issues that I care deeply about - the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the war in Iraq, with no weapons of mass destruction, the tax cuts that are now leading to deficits, I've got some deep issues with the president."
Lincoln Chafee
"On the issues that I care deeply about - the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the war in Iraq, with no weapons of mass destruction, the tax cuts that are now leading to deficits, I've got some deep issues with the president."
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"In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective."
Ferdinand Foch
"In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective."
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"The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war were to break out between Japan and the United States, the Japanese navy could be sunk in a matter of weeks."
Hideki Tojo
"The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war were to break out between Japan and the United States, the Japanese navy could be sunk in a matter of weeks."
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"Lightly armed nations can move toward war just as easily as those which are armed to the teeth, and they will do so if the usual causes of war are not removed."
Ludwig Quidde
"Lightly armed nations can move toward war just as easily as those which are armed to the teeth, and they will do so if the usual causes of war are not removed."
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"I found out about the Spanish war because I was in Germany when it began."
Martha Gellhorn
"I found out about the Spanish war because I was in Germany when it began."
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"The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions."
Erwin Rommel
"The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions."
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"What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre."
Tahar Ben Jelloun
"What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre."
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"It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war."
Lester B. Pearson
"It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war."
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"Sen. Edward Kennedy knows very directly. Senator Kennedy and I talked on several occasions prior to the war that my view was that the best evidence that I had seen was that Iraq indeed had weapons of mass destruction."
David Kay
"Sen. Edward Kennedy knows very directly. Senator Kennedy and I talked on several occasions prior to the war that my view was that the best evidence that I had seen was that Iraq indeed had weapons of mass destruction."
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"On the contrary, I tried on numerous occasions to convince the American president not to go to war. I did what was within my capabilities to avoid that happening."
Silvio Berlusconi
"On the contrary, I tried on numerous occasions to convince the American president not to go to war. I did what was within my capabilities to avoid that happening."
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"After the First World War the economic problem was no longer one of production. It was the problem of finding markets to get the output of industry and agriculture dispersed and consumed."
John Boyd Orr
"After the First World War the economic problem was no longer one of production. It was the problem of finding markets to get the output of industry and agriculture dispersed and consumed."
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"The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world."
Alexander Graham Bell
"The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world."
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"Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth."
Timothy Radcliffe
"Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth."
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"There never was a war that was not inward."
Marianne Moore
"There never was a war that was not inward."
War,
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"A war for a great principle ennobles a nation."
Albert Pike
"A war for a great principle ennobles a nation."
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"It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction."
John Boyd Orr
"It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction."
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"First off, we've had sworn testimony from soldiers and testimony before our staff that wasn't sworn, that said these alarms rarely went off, that they went off after the war in most cases and went off a lot."
Christopher Shays
"First off, we've had sworn testimony from soldiers and testimony before our staff that wasn't sworn, that said these alarms rarely went off, that they went off after the war in most cases and went off a lot."
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"The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war."
William Tecumseh Sherman
"The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war."
War,
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"Most of the victims of Nazi aggression were before the war less well off than Germany. They should not be expected by Germany to bear, unaided, the major costs of Nazi aggression."
James F. Byrnes
"Most of the victims of Nazi aggression were before the war less well off than Germany. They should not be expected by Germany to bear, unaided, the major costs of Nazi aggression."
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"The critical importance of honest journalism and a free flowing, respectful national conversation needs to be had in our country. But it is being buried as collateral damage in a war whose battles include political correctness and ideological orthodoxy."
Juan Williams
"The critical importance of honest journalism and a free flowing, respectful national conversation needs to be had in our country. But it is being buried as collateral damage in a war whose battles include political correctness and ideological orthodoxy."
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"Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment."
Wendell Willkie
"Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment."
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"But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer."
Helen Thomas
"But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer."
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"The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war."
Clare Short
"The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war."
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"And, gentlemen, they have not yet done so, and it is quite clear that no Americans, no people in the world probably, are going to war with the Soviet Union."
Paul Robeson
"And, gentlemen, they have not yet done so, and it is quite clear that no Americans, no people in the world probably, are going to war with the Soviet Union."
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"War is the unfolding of miscalculations."
Barbara Tuchman
"War is the unfolding of miscalculations."
War,
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"Since There are so many questions about what the president was doing over 30 years ago, what is it that he did after his honorable discharge from the National Guard? Did he make speeches alongside Jane Fonda denouncing America's racist war in Vietnam?"
Jeff Gannon
"Since There are so many questions about what the president was doing over 30 years ago, what is it that he did after his honorable discharge from the National Guard? Did he make speeches alongside Jane Fonda denouncing America's racist war in Vietnam?"
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"The war effects me less than it ought. I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole over the slaughter."
Wilfred Owen
"The war effects me less than it ought. I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole over the slaughter."
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"The first casualty when war comes is truth."
Hiram Johnson
"The first casualty when war comes is truth."
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"There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in foreign policy where we have a strong national defense and we don't go to war so carelessly."
Ron Paul
"There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in foreign policy where we have a strong national defense and we don't go to war so carelessly."
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"As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to Europe to heal the wounds between the United States and its former allies, on his own terms of course."
Andrew Greeley
"As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to Europe to heal the wounds between the United States and its former allies, on his own terms of course."
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"We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living."
Omar N. Bradley
"We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living."
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"She doesn't understand the concept of Roman numerals. She thought we just fought in world war eleven."
Joan Rivers
"She doesn't understand the concept of Roman numerals. She thought we just fought in world war eleven."
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