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    You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten that the wars were fought by babies. When I saw those freashly shaved faces, it was a shock. 'My God, my God —' I said to myself, 'it's the Children's Crusade.'

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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before read more

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. •Otto Von Bismarck Peace with a club in hand is war. •Portuguese Proverb The sinews of war are five - men, money, materials, maintenance (food) and morale. •Bernard Mannes Baruch The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow. •Chinese Proverb Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.

by Otto Von Bismarck Found in: War Quotes,
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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.

by Charles H. Maskins Found in: War Quotes,
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Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.

Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.

by Will Rogers Found in: War Quotes,
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Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in read more

Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace.

by Charles Sumner Found in: War Quotes,
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War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.

by Martin Luther King, Jr. 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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Fighting men are the city's fortress.

Fighting men are the city's fortress.

by Alcaeus Found in: War Quotes,
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And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars — all over Europe, all over the world. read more

And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars — all over Europe, all over the world. 'Sometimes in the private interest of royal families,' Satan said, 'sometimes to crush a weak nation; but never a war started by the aggressor for any clean purpose — there is no such war in the history of the race.

by Mark Twain Found in: War Quotes,
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Where is the indignation about the fact that the United States and Soviet Union have accumulated thirty thousand pounds of read more

Where is the indignation about the fact that the United States and Soviet Union have accumulated thirty thousand pounds of destructive force for every human being in the world?

by Norman Cousins Found in: War Quotes,
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