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Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from defensive… — Jimmy Doolittle
No profession or occupation is more pleasing than the military; a profession or exercise both noble in execution (for the strongest, most generous and proudest… — Michel de Montaigne
The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. — Smedley Butler
The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is a more violent world. — Hannah Arendt
War is the most striking instance of the failure of intelligence to master the problem of human relationships. — Harry Elmer Barnes
The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most prone… — James Madison
Wars of aggression are the most barbarous of all human endeavors and are, more often than not, the instruments of insane tyrants who hear voices. — Rodrigue Tremblay
If you want war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men ever are subject... — William Graham Sumner
The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery. — Oliver Goldsmith
We have always wanted Google to be a company that is deserving of great love. But we recognize this is an ambitious goal because most… — Larry Page
Like most business people, I want every aspect of my business to be perfect. I know that this goal is unachievable, but it is nevertheless… — Bob Parsons
Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions — David Hume
The most noteworthy thing about gardeners is that they are always optimistic, always enterprising, and never satisfied. They always look forward to doing something better… — Vita Sackville-West
Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod, and wheel the compost home; But elegance, chief grace the garden shows, And most attractive,… — William Cowper
In green old gardens, hidden away From sight of revel and sound of strife, Here I have leisure to breathe and move, And to do… — Violet Fane
To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life - this is the… — Charles Dudley Warner
One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. — Unknown Author
Most of us have lost that sense of unity of biosphere and humanity which would bind and reassure us all with an affirmation of beauty.… — Gregory Bateson
When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee; Bend on me, then, thy tender eyes, As stars look on the… — Unknown Author
But oh! the blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearlessly on any subject; with whom one's deepest as well… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable progeny with a love that… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
I am led to reflect how much more delightful to an undebauched mind is the task of making improvements on the earth, than all the… — George Washington
To cultivate a garden is. . . to go hand in hand with Nature in some of her most beautiful processes, to learn something of… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Even the most irresistible flowering plant, one that I call a 'key' performer, is part of a whole cast; it has to be considered as… — Penelope Hobhouse

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