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War and Peace

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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

George Patton, in War and Peace

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Another victory like that and we are done for.

Pyrrhus, in War and Peace

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I once played a sheriff who thought he could do the job without a gun. I was dead in twenty-seven minutes of a thirty minute show.

Ronald Reagan, in War and Peace

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War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.

Cardinal Richelieu, in War and Peace

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, (inaugural speech, 1944), in War and Peace

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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

Bertrand Russell, in War and Peace

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When the rich make war it's the poor that die.

Jean-Paul Sartre, in War and Peace and Wealth and Poverty

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Remember, to them it is us who are the enemy.

N. F. Simpson, in War and Peace

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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

Sun Tzu, in War and Peace

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A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.

Bill Vaughan, in Law and Politics and War and Peace

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A nuclear war can ruin your whole day.

Unknown, in War and Peace

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Conquering Russia should be done steppe by steppe.

Unknown, in War and Peace

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Draft beer, not people.

Unknown, in War and Peace

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It is impossible to defend perfectly against the attack of those who want to die.

Unknown, in War and Peace

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It seems like the less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.

Unknown, in War and Peace

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Join the Army: travel to exotic distant lands, meet exciting, unusual people and kill them.

Unknown, in War and Peace

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Katz' Law: Man and nations will act rationally when all other possibilities have been exhausted.

Unknown, in War and Peace

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War is menstruation envy.

Unknown, in War and Peace

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When you've seen one nuclear war, you've seen them all.

Unknown, in War and Peace

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Why bother building any more nuclear warheads until we've used the ones we have?

Unknown, in War and Peace

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