“All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of our time. The aggressor is always on the other side.”
— George Wald
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War can be avoided, and it ought
“War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war.”
— Chief Joseph
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Have you ever thought that war is
“Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient?”
— Oriana Fallaci
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Humanity should question itself, once more, about
“Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it.”
— Pope John Paul II
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War can really cause no economic boom,
“War can really cause no economic boom, at least not directly, since an increase in wealth never does result from destruction of goods.”
— Ludwig von Mises
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I think that the Cold War was
“I think that the Cold War was an exceptional and unnecessary piece of cruelty.”
— Jane Smiley
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Accurst be he that first invented war.
“Accurst be he that first invented war.”
— Christopher Marlowe
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Germany has reduced savagery to a science,
“Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Cards are war, in disguise of a
“Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.”
— Charles Lamb
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The very essence of literature is the
“The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual – when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions – it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance.”
— Isaac Bashevis Singer
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My mother lived in Holland, and during
“My mother lived in Holland, and during World War II was incarcerated in a Japanese camp for three years.”
— Jane Seymour
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