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    If I am asked what we are fighting for, I can reply in two
    sentences. In the first place, to fulfil a solemn international
    obligation . . . an obligation of honor which no self-respecting
    man could possibly have repudiated. I say, secondly, we are
    fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are
    not to be crushed in defiance of international good faith at the
    arbitrary will of a strong and overmastering Power.

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O great corrector of enormous times,
Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider
Of dusty and old read more

O great corrector of enormous times,
Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider
Of dusty and old titles, that healest with blood
The earth when it is sick, and curest the world
O' the pleurisy of people.

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The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.

The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.

by T. S. Eliot Found in: War Quotes,
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If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?

If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?

by Joan Baez Found in: War Quotes,
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When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

by Winston Churchill Found in: War Quotes,
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The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral read more

The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.

by George Mcgovern Found in: War Quotes,
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It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be read more

It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash.

by Fred Woodworth Found in: War Quotes,
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No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

by Winston Churchill Found in: War Quotes,
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There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom.

There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom.

by Andrew B. Law Found in: War Quotes,
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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those read more

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

by Dwight D. Eisenhower Found in: War Quotes,
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