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> [Wars never simply end, not for those in combat and not for the culture, and one way or another, they shape-shift from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-means/wars-never-simply-end-not-for-those-in-combat-and-not-for-the-culture/)

[David Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-means/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/david-means-12399_culture_wars-never-simply-end-not-for-those-in-c_89011.jpg)

> [To fight for one's country, to offer one's very life to promote the well being of the United States, is truly a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/to-fight-for-one-s-country-to-offer-one-s-very-life-to-promote-the/)

[Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/)

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> [All of the American's foreign wars have been fought with foes either too weak to resist them or too heavily engaged elsewhere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/all-of-the-american-s-foreign-wars-have-been-fought-with-foes-either/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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