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War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
 Carry on, carry on, for the men and boys are gone,
 But the furrow shan't lie fallow while the read more 
 Carry on, carry on, for the men and boys are gone,
 But the furrow shan't lie fallow while the women carry on. 
Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
Aye. Fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live. At least awhile... And dying in your beds, many years read more
Aye. Fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live. At least awhile... And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance -- just one chance -- to come back here and tell our enemies that they make take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!!
If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would read more
If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would still say "no" to war. For one does not create a human society on mounds of corpses.
Fighting men are the city's fortress.
Fighting men are the city's fortress.
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "Savior of 'is country" when read more
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "Savior of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.