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    Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.

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I have always said that a conference was held for one reason only, to give everybody chance to get sore read more

I have always said that a conference was held for one reason only, to give everybody chance to get sore at everybody else. Sometimes it takes two or three conferences to scare up a war, but generally one will do it.

by Will Rogers Found in: War Quotes,
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An unjust peace is better than a just war.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

by Marcus Tullius Cicero Found in: War Quotes,
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Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no read more

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.

by Abraham Flexner Found in: War Quotes,
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It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be read more

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.

by Fred Woodworth Found in: War Quotes,
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Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

by Herbert Hoover Found in: War Quotes,
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'Twas in Trafalgar's bay
The saucy Frenchmen lay.

'Twas in Trafalgar's bay
The saucy Frenchmen lay.

by Samuel James Adams Found in: War Quotes,
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It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that
this is war.

It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that
this is war.

by Charles Francis Adams Found in: War Quotes,
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Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in read more

Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace.

by Charles Sumner Found in: War Quotes,
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We will fight them in the air, land and sea, and their aggression
will achieve nothing but failure.

We will fight them in the air, land and sea, and their aggression
will achieve nothing but failure.

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