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Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.
Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.
Only two great groups of animals, men and ants, indulge in highly organized mass warfare.
Only two great groups of animals, men and ants, indulge in highly organized mass warfare.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound read more
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
Wars are caused by undefended wealth.
Wars are caused by undefended wealth.
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.
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.
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.
The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers read more
The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers and listeners to come away with. What's it like to be that goofy little soldier, scared stiff, with his bayonet aimed at Christ? What's it like to have been a woman in a defense-plant job during World War II? What's it like to be a kid at the front lines? It's all funny and tragic at the same time.
It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it.
It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it.
