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War Quotes by Sydney J. Harris
- Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
- "Terrorism" is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; "war" is what we call the violence of the strong, and…
- The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of…
- Nuclear war is inevitable, says the pessimists; Nuclear war is impossible, says the optimists; Nuclear war is inevitable unless we make it impossible, says the…
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- Here I and sorrows sit; Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it. — William Shakespeare
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- Go, bid the soldiers shoot. — William Shakespeare
- Upon his royal face there is no note how dread an army hath enrounded him. — William Shakespeare
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint. — William Shakespeare
- There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old. — William Shakespeare