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O great corrector of enormous times,
Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider
Of dusty and old read more
O great corrector of enormous times,
Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider
Of dusty and old titles, that healest with blood
The earth when it is sick, and curest the world
O' the pleurisy of people.
She is a wall of brass;
You shall not pass! You shall not pass!
Spring up like read more
She is a wall of brass;
You shall not pass! You shall not pass!
Spring up like Summer grass,
Surge at her, mass on mass,
Still shall you break like glass,
Splinter and break like shivered glass,
But pass?
You shall not pass!
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.
War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.
A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
Fighting men are the city's fortress.
Fighting men are the city's fortress.
Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment read more
Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment that it broke out, believing that it would be a great war, and more memorable than any that had preceded it.
Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.
Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.
