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    Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment that it broke out, believing that it would be a great war, and more memorable than any that had preceded it.

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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.

by Napoleon Hill Found in: War Quotes,
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Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

by Carl Sandburg Found in: War Quotes,
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The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

by Henry Fosdick Found in: War Quotes,
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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.

by Sir Winston Churchill Found in: War Quotes,
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Neither ridiculous shriekings for revenge by French chauvinists,
nor the Englishmen's gnashing of teeth, nor the wild gestures of read more

Neither ridiculous shriekings for revenge by French chauvinists,
nor the Englishmen's gnashing of teeth, nor the wild gestures of
the Slavs will turn us from our aim of protecting and extending
German influence all the world over.

by Unattributed Author Found in: War Quotes,
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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.

by Janet Begbie Found in: War Quotes,
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You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

by Albert Einstein Found in: War Quotes,
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Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima.... The force from which the sun draws its power read more

Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima.... The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.

by Harry S. Truman Found in: War Quotes,
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Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore read more

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.

by Thucydides Found in: War Quotes,
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