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    I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time in Vietnam told me many stories—but none more chilling than the one from two helicopter pilots. They told me how they would shoot the friendlies on their way back from reconnaissance missions just so they could empty their ammunition before returning to base. The friendlies were South Vietnamese women and children, helpless victims in a war they did not understand. But to the American pilots, they were simply dots on the ground.
    Whitehead is a political conservative.

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We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
and the big fool says to push on
singing about an incident in read more

We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
and the big fool says to push on
singing about an incident in which
marine recruits died driven to their deaths by an officer.

by Pete Seeger Found in: Peace Quotes,
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Peace is not a season, it is a way of life.

Peace is not a season, it is a way of life.

by Anonymous Found in: Peace Quotes,
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There never was a good war or a bad peace.

There never was a good war or a bad peace.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Peace Quotes,
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It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. read more

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

by Eleanor Roosevelt Found in: Peace Quotes,
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I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace.

I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace.

by James Conrad Found in: Peace Quotes,
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Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace read more

Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.

by Unesco Found in: Peace Quotes,
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O for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade;
Where rumor of oppression read more

O for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade;
Where rumor of oppression and deceit,
Of unsuccessful or successful war,
Might never reach me more.

by William Cowper Found in: Peace Quotes,
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We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.

by Martin Luther King, Jr. Found in: Peace Quotes,
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Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war.

Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war.

by John Milton Found in: Peace Quotes,
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