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War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to

War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason. – James Madison

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It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. – James Madison

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A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country. – James Madison

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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done. – James Madison

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War continues to divide people, to change them forever, and I write about it both because I want people to understand the absolute futility of war, the pity of war as Wilfred Owen called it. – Michael Morpurgo

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What a country calls its vital… interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war. Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat. – Simone Weil, Ecrits historiques et politiques, 1960

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Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came. – Jefferson Davis

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