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I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.... Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects… — Curtis LeMay
The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perseverance. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't beat myself… — Phylicia Rashad
If a war be undertaken...before the resources of peace have been tried and proved vain to secure it, that war has no defense, it is… — Charles Eliot Norton
The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests. — Charley Reese
No war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people. — Eugene V. Debs
The pertinent question: if Americans did not want these wars should they have been compelled to fight them? — Frank Chodorov
War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. — Smedley Butler
Look at you in war...There has never been a just one, never an honorable one, on the part of the instigator of the war. — Mark Twain
Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce. — Richard Cobden
The great error of nearly all studies of war... has been to consider war as an episode in foreign policies, when it is an act… — Simone Weil
When the truly great people discover that they have been deceived by the signposts along the road of life, they just shift gears and keep… — Nido R Qubein
The army from Asia introduced a foreign luxury to Rome; it was then the meals began to require more dishes and more expenditure . .… — Unknown Author
The People's Liberation Army is always a fighting force. Even after countrywide victory, our army will remain a fighting force during the historical period in… — Mao Zedong
The thrust of ambition is, and always has been, great, but among the bright-eyed it had once a more adventurous and individualistic air, a much… — Louis Kronenberger
It's been a lifetime ambition of mine to play an 007 villain. — Angelina Jolie
It has been the office of art to educate the perception of beauty. We are immersed in beauty but our eyes have no clear vision. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rhythm, symmetry, and a happy combination of elegance and utility - a blend often desired in later days of hope and struggle - these have… — Marie-Luise Gothein
So we down-to-earth, gutsy, tough, realistic, and practical types have just been squandering billions of dollars and unimaginable amounts of energy, nerve-work, and materials in… — Alan Watts
Violets smell like burnt sugar cubes that have been dipped in lemon and velvet. — Diane Ackerman
Almost every person, from childhood, has been touched by the untamed beauty of wildflowers. — Lady Bird Johnson
Gardening is not trivial. If you believe that it is, closely examine why you feel that way. You may discover that this attitude has been… — Andrew Weil
The camera has always been a guide, and it's allowed me to see things and focus on things that maybe an average person wouldn't even… — Unknown Author
There have been a few players described as the new George Best over the years, but this is the first time its been a compliment… — Cristiano Ronaldo
And ye, who have met with Adversity's blast, And been bow'd to the earth by its fury; To whom the Twelve Months, that have recently… — Thomas Hood
What can be said in New Year rhymes, That's not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the old years go, We know… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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