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«It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash.»
Author: Fred Woodworth
| About:
Shame,
War
| Keywords:
civilians, combat, trash, unneeded, wonderfully
«It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.»
«It would be almost unbelievable, if history did not record the tragic fact that men have gone to war and cut each other's throats because they could not agree as to what was to become of them after their throats were cut»
Author: Walter Parker Stacy
| About:
History,
War
| Keywords:
agree, record, throats, tragic, unbelievable
«It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.»
«It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.»
«It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.»
«It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!»
Author: Patrick Henry
(Lawyer)
| About:
America and Americans,
Death,
Freedom,
Liberty,
War
| Keywords:
Almighty, Almighty God, begun, brethren, bring to, chains, clash, clashed, clashes, clashing, extenuate, extenuates, forbid, gale, gales, gentlemen, god of war, in the north, in vain, North, North A, North by, purchased, resound, resounded, resounding, resounds, sweeps, The Clash, The Field, the matter, the North, The War, to the north, war cry
«It is only necessary to make war with five things: with the maladies of the body, with the ignorance of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the sedition of the city, with the discords of families.»
Author: Publius Cornelius Tacitus
| About:
War
| Keywords:
discords, maladies, sedition, The City, The Passions
«It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.»
«I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| About:
Civilization,
War
| Keywords:
fought, get stuck, III, known, sticks, stick in, stick on, stick out, stick up, stones, the sticks, war, weapons, world war, World War I
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