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    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.

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When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

by Winston Churchill Found in: War Quotes,
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What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder read more

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: War Quotes,
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Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.

Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.

by John Parker 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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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.

by Unattributed Author Found in: War Quotes,
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Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

by Salvador Dali Found in: War Quotes,
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We have to go along a road covered with blood. We have no other alternative. For us it is a read more

We have to go along a road covered with blood. We have no other alternative. For us it is a matter of life or death, a matter of living or existing. We have to be ready to face the challenges that await us.

by Gamel Abdel Nasser 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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As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on read more

As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: War Quotes,
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