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War Quotes by Robert Higgs
- Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war.
- ...History shows that ... (people) can be deflected from their natural tendencies by artful propaganda, bogus crises, or other political trickery.
- When American presidents prepare for foreign wars, they lie.
- In U.S. history, war has served as an important diversionary tactic, causing the people at large to shift their attention away from the state's own…
- H. L. Mencken famously said that 'every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.' By now, however, I am no longer ashamed,…
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