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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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If war should sweep our commerce from the seas, another generation will restore it. If war exhausts our treasury, future read more

If war should sweep our commerce from the seas, another generation will restore it. If war exhausts our treasury, future industry will replenish it. If war desiccate and lay waste our fields, under new cultivation they will grow green again and ripen to future harvest. If the walls of yonder Capitol should fall and its decorations be covered by the dust of battle, all these can be rebuilt. But who shall reconstruct the fabric of a demolished government; who shall dwell in the well-proportioned columns of constitutional liberty; who shall frame together the skillful architecture which unites sovereignty with state's rights, individual security with prosperity?

by Daniel Webster Found in: War Quotes,
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It was necessary for us to discover greater powers of destruction than our enemies. We did. But after every war read more

It was necessary for us to discover greater powers of destruction than our enemies. We did. But after every war we have followed through with a new rise in our standard of living by the application of war-taught knowledge for the benefit of the world. It will be the same with the atomic bomb principles.

by Thomas J. Watson Found in: War Quotes,
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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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He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a read more

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

by Albert Einstein Found in: War Quotes,
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Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.

Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.

by Colonel Samuel Prescott Found in: War Quotes,
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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.

by Voltaire Found in: War Quotes,
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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

by Ulysses S. Grant Found in: War Quotes,
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Either this or upon this. (Either bring this back or be brought
back upon it.)

Either this or upon this. (Either bring this back or be brought
back upon it.)

by Unattributed Author Found in: War Quotes,
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Gaily! gaily! close our ranks!
Arm! Advance!
Hope of France!
Gaily! gaily! closed our read more

Gaily! gaily! close our ranks!
Arm! Advance!
Hope of France!
Gaily! gaily! closed our ranks!
Onward! Onward! Gauls and Franks!

by Pierre Jean De Beranger Found in: War Quotes,
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