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> [I am here because I think it was a terrible sin of the west to allow those years of war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paddy-ashdown/i-am-here-because-i-think-it-was-a-terrible-sin-of-the-west-to-allow/)

[Paddy Ashdown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paddy-ashdown/)

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> [“the American Colonies. The Seven Years' War left England”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-roscoe-thayer/the-american-colonies-the-seven-years-war-left-england/)

[William Roscoe Thayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-roscoe-thayer/)

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> [“For every year of peace there have been four hundred years of war.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/for-every-year-of-peace-there-have-been-four-hundred-years-of-war/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [“After ten years of war, I no longer believe in moments of peace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/after-ten-years-of-war-i-no-longer-believe-in-moments-of-peace/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

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> [Perhaps wars weren't won anymore. Maybe they went on forever. Maybe it was another Hundred Years' War.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/perhaps-wars-weren-t-won-anymore-maybe-they-went-on-forever-maybe-it/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

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> [“All through those years of war, the bread tasted of humiliation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-p-kiernan/all-through-those-years-of-war-the-bread-tasted-of-humiliation/)

[Stephen P. Kiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-p-kiernan/)

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> [“It may take three years, it may take five, it may take ten, but that will be the war of Indo-china.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ho-chi-minh/it-may-take-three-years-it-may-take-five-it-may-take-ten-but-that/)

[Ho Chi Minh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ho-chi-minh/)

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> [And then I went to the University of New Hampshire for two years, and then the war came along.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-hill/and-then-i-went-to-the-university-of-new-hampshire-for-two-years-and/)

[Betty Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-hill/)

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> [Up until the 17th century, Germany was far more advanced, but then everything devastated by the 30 Years War began to fall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-g-sebald/up-until-the-17th-century-germany-was-far-more-advanced-but-then/)

[W. G. Sebald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-g-sebald/)

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> [“The years after the war saw the growth of copper, gold, and tin mining. As always, the profits flowed out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-hochschild/the-years-after-the-war-saw-the-growth-of-copper-gold-and-tin-mining/)

[Adam Hochschild](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-hochschild/)

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> [There was no really good true war book during the entire four years of the war. The only true writing that came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/there-was-no-really-good-true-war-book-during-the-entire-four-years/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

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> [Most books, after all, are ephemeral; their specifics, several years later, inspire about as much interest as daily battle reports from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-jay-gould/most-books-after-all-are-ephemeral-their-specifics-several-years/)

[Stephen Jay Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-jay-gould/)

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> [“the command and control “is ugly, but it works on the ground.” Actually, it didn’t. This problem would not fully be resolved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-gates/the-command-and-control-is-ugly-but-it-works-on-the-ground-actually/)

[Robert M. Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-gates/)

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> [“Hundred years war between England and France. The term ok comes from the tax collectors in England. They needed to know how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lost-leblanc/hundred-years-war-between-england-and-france-the-term-ok-comes-from/)

[Lost LeBlanc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lost-leblanc/)

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> [“The Seven Years War of 1756–63 has often been considered the first ‘world war’. It certainly shares its European origins with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-paxman/the-seven-years-war-of-1756-63-has-often-been-considered-the-first/)

[Jeremy Paxman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-paxman/)

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> [There has never been a century that has not had a systemic war - a systemic war, meaning when the entire system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-friedman/there-has-never-been-a-century-that-has-not-had-a-systemic-war-a/)

[George Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-friedman/)

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> [ “Those years \[as the war progressed\] would show, in the American system, how when a question of the use of force arose… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/those-years-as-the-war-progressed-would-show-in-the-american-system/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

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> [The enemy is still proud and powerful. He is hard to get at. He still possesses enormous armies, vast resources, and invaluable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/the-enemy-is-still-proud-and-powerful-he-is-hard-to-get-at-he-still/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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> [When I left to go into apprenticeship in 1949, it was only four years after the war, and people don't realize, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/when-i-left-to-go-into-apprenticeship-in-1949-it-was-only-four-years/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

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> [I find it scandalous not only that there was so little discussion of the costs of the Iraq war before we went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stiglitz/i-find-it-scandalous-not-only-that-there-was-so-little-discussion-of/)

[Joseph Stiglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stiglitz/)

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> [America could carry on a two years' war by the confiscation of the property of disaffected persons, and be made happy by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/america-could-carry-on-a-two-years-war-by-the-confiscation-of-the/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [“In the Hundred Years’ War that dragged France and England through the 14th century, both sides would have liked to quit but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-w-tuchman/in-the-hundred-years-war-that-dragged-france-and-england-through-the/)

[Barbara W. Tuchman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-w-tuchman/)

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> [I've spent too many years at war with myself, the doctor has told me it's not good for my health.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/i-ve-spent-too-many-years-at-war-with-myself-the-doctor-has-told-me/)

[Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/)

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> [“What’s this war called again?” “The Hundred Years War.” “Hmmmm, got a bad feeling about this one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-wiggins/what-s-this-war-called-again-the-hundred-years-war-hmmmm-got-a-bad/)

[Karl Wiggins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-wiggins/)

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> [The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white/the-time-not-to-become-a-father-is-eighteen-years-before-a-war/)

[E. B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white/)

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