- Face
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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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- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remaining vigilant toward this ever-present threat means constantly learning how better to protect ourselves. But primarily it reminds us that we must fight and win the war on terror, so that we do not have to fight it here in America.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
The decision to go to war is the most important decision that I can make as a representative in Congress. As a veteran, I see any potential military action first through the eyes of the young men and women who volunteered to wear the uniform and would carry out such a mission.
- Impact
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- Nov 07, 2020
The impact of the Vietnam War on TV made everyone recognize the importance of visual media.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things I am most proud of is refusing to serve in the military when drafted during the Vietnam War.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing that strikes you most about being a soldier in a war zone and in action to the small extent that I was, when actually people start shooting, which happened to me a couple of times, everything goes on automatic and there's a feeling of tremendous elevation and even elation.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised on the Hudson, in a house that had been the stable of the financier and Civil War general Brayton Ives. In midcentury, we had fire pits in the floor for heating, and rats everywhere, because they nested in the hay insulation.
- Battle
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mom's dad was in the army, stormed the beach at Normandy, fought through the French hedgerows, the Battle of the Ardennes, the Battle of the Bulge, and liberated concentration camps at the end of the war.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, all war is failure for humanity, though it often is a bounty for commerce.
- Eroded
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- Nov 07, 2020