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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.
 From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
 What dire effects from civil discord flow.  
 From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
 What dire effects from civil discord flow. 
Fighting men are the city's fortress.
Fighting men are the city's fortress.
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
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.
There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.
There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.
 Oft he that doth abide
 Is cause of his own paine,
  But he that flieth in good read more 
 Oft he that doth abide
 Is cause of his own paine,
  But he that flieth in good tide
   Perhaps may fight again. 
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.
 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.)