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“Because we want the peace with half a heart and half a life and will, the war, of course, continues, because the waging of war, by its nature, is total - but the waging of peace, by our own cowardice, is partial.”

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No principle is worth the sacrifice of a single human being.

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Faith is rarely where your head is at. Nor is it where your heart is at. Faith is where your ass is at!

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I don't have to prove my life. I just have to live.

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I'd like to die with my boots on.

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