- Favored
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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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- Axis
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even if America entered the war, it is improbable that the Allied armies could invade Europe and overwhelm the Axis powers. But one thing is certain. If England can draw this country into the war, she can shift to our shoulders a large portion of the responsibility for waging it and for paying its cost.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
In time of war, truth is always replaced by propaganda.
- Better Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no better way to give comfort to an enemy than to divide the people of a nation over the issue of foreign war. There is no shorter road to defeat than by entering a war with inadequate preparation.
- Better Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no better way to give comfort to an enemy than to divide the people of a nation over the issue of foreign war.
- Preparation
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no shorter road to defeat than by entering a war with inadequate preparation.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
A Failure in this Duty did once involve our Nation in all the Horrors of Rebellion and Civil War.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I spread my wings in politics, I discovered many Thatcher voters down south who were the same kind of people who loathed her in Scotland. They were puzzled by the Scots' antipathy, given the Falklands war and the strong militaristic history of the Highlands and elsewhere.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just as we Liberal Democrats opposed the flawed logic of that war in Iraq - we will oppose the flawed government claim that we have to surrender our fundamental rights in order to improve our security.
- Mass
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tony Blair took us to war in Iraq on the basis of the supposed threat of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
This country has a proud history of opening its doors to generations of people fleeing personal persecution, civil unrest and war.
- Situation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think he was explicit that it was a slave labor situation, but I was not alarmed at that point, because there were so many tragedies involved in that war. That was the first time I had any indication that something was sort of strange.
- Escape
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a war crimes trial because an American prisoner had been shot trying to escape. He had obviously been recaptured and shot, and that violated the Geneva Convention.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hate and scorn showered on us Negro officers by our fellow Americans convinced me that there was no sense in my dying for a world ruled by them. I made up my mind that if I got through this war I would study law and use my time fighting for men who could not strike back.
- Innovation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Patents are being used to wage war in the digital world, and as a result, patents have become a toll gate on the road of innovation.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020