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War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.
War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.
A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.
A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.
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.
The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers read more
The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers and listeners to come away with. What's it like to be that goofy little soldier, scared stiff, with his bayonet aimed at Christ? What's it like to have been a woman in a defense-plant job during World War II? What's it like to be a kid at the front lines? It's all funny and tragic at the same time.
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, read more
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.
The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.
The real war will never get in the books.
The real war will never get in the books.
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
