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Quote by Thomas Hobbes
War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting but in a

War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known. – Thomas Hobbes

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That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself. – Thomas Hobbes

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Everything, everything in war is barbaric… But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being. – Ellen Key

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