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«War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.»
Author: Cardinal Richelieu
(Cardinal, Minister)
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War
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afflict, afflicting, god of war, pleased, scourged, scourges, Scourge of God, scourging, war god
«War is the science of destruction.»
Author: John Abbott
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War
«War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.»
«War is sweet to those who have not experienced it»
«War is the province of danger.»
«War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
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War
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conscience, stifle, stifled, stifles, stifling, The Voice, ugly, unjust, voice, voice of conscience, wage, waged, waging
«War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, The lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.»
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
(Poet)
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War
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assassin, hired, hiring, jest, jesting, lawyer, priest, statesman, The Assassin, The Assassins, The Statesman, trade
«War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of conscientious conviction or of national welfare»
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
(President)
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War
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conscientious, conviction, honorable, imperative, imperatives, justifiable, nation, national, obtained, sacrifice, The Sacrifice, welfare
«War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.»
Author: Martin Luther
(Priest, Scholar)
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War
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afflict, afflicting, destroys, families, Great Plague, Great War, humanity, plague, Plague The, plaguing, preferable, scourge, scourged, scourges, scourging, States, state of war, to it
«War is the business of barbarians»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(Emperor, General, Politician)
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Business,
War
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barbarians, The Barbarians
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