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- Nov 07, 2020
War Quotes
War, remembered and reckoned with.
This topic pairs literary observation, such as a novelist's take on the social fabric depicted in a sprawling Tolstoy epic, with hard historical fact about the 1962 border conflict between China and India. Readers interested in broader historical context can visit History.
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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.
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I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.
- Good
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We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end.
- Men
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Revenge by young men is considered gain, even at the cost of their own lives, but old men who stay at home in times of war, and mothers who have sons to lose, know better.
- Fight
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What the American people want to do is fight a war without getting hurt. You can't do that any more than you can get into a barroom fight without getting hurt... Unless the American people are willing to send their sons out to fight an aggressor, there just isn't going to be any United States.
- Matter
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War is not only a matter of equipment, artillery, group troops or air force; it is largely a matter of spirit, or morale.
- Food
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Government acquisition of food supplies in time of war is no less important than conscription. Equity is the fundamental principle applicable to both these essential phases of war administration.
- Initiative
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The final outcome of a war is often determined by the degree of initiative shown on each side.
- Enemy
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It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it is not fought on U.S. soil.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really am not going to get involved in a discussion about the legal position of the Iraq war. I am not the person to do that because I am not sufficiently impartial as a lawyer about this, because it's a matter that is of interest to the person that I am closest to in the world.
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- Nov 07, 2020
War is good for absolutely nothing, because no matter how far and wide apart we may live, we're all the same under the skin. We all want to live, laugh and love.
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- Nov 07, 2020