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Lewis H. Lapham has 37 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence. The mounting of this illusion defines…
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Money is like fire, an element as little troubled by moralizing as earth, air and water. Men can employ it as a…
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We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes…
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The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand…
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Never in the history of the world have so many people been so rich; never in the history of the world have…
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Nobody suffers the pain of birth or the anguish of loving a child in order for presidents to make wars, for governments…
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I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a gallery of…
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The supply of government exceeds demand.
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A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the…
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The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations…
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The genius of capitalism consists precisely in its lack of morality. Unless he is rich enough to hire his own choir, a…
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Whether lawyer, politician or executive, the American who knows what's good for his career seeks an institutional rather than an individual identity.…
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Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.
— John O. Brennan
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Al-Qa'ida does not follow a traditional command structure, wear uniforms, carry its arms openly, or mass its troops at the borders of…
— John O. Brennan
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It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
— Harry Browne
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A cousin of mine who was a casualty surgeon in Manhattan tells me that he and his colleagues had a one-word nickname…
— Stephen Fry
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A terrorist, massive, casualty-producing event [will occur] somewhere in the Western world - it may be in the United States of America…
— Tommy Franks
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Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning.
— David M. Shoup
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Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted…
— John F. Kerry
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The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.
— Dick Cheney
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The first casualty when war comes is truth.
— Unknown Author
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From time to time there will be some complaints that we are pushing our people too hard. I don't give a good…
— George S. Patton
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...And while everybody was tremendously impressed with the low cost of the conflict, for the 146 Americans who were killed in action…
— Dick Cheney
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It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general.
— Ferdinand Foch
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