Quote by Gilbert Parker
War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle. - Gilbert Parker

War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle. – Gilbert Parker

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It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them. – Gilbert Parker

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Friendship
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In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind. – Gilbert Parker

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good
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Every man should have laws of his own, I should think commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work – or worry. – Gilbert Parker

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work
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War
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When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not. – Daisaku Ikeda

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War

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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War

Say what you want to say about the rest of his presidency, including his tone-deaf response to Katrina and a war waged in Iraq on false pretenses, Bush connected with Americans in the aftermath of 9/11 because he looked as frail and unforgiving as we felt. – Ron Fournier

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War

When I was growing up, it was Communists. Now its Terrorists. So you always have to have somebody to fight and be afraid of, so the war machine can build more bombs, guns, and bullets and everything. – Cindy Sheehan

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War

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As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive. – Rodney King

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Anger

No one can vouch for the origins of the medieval proverb, “No true virgin plays leapfrog with a unicorn in the forest on a spring night.” – Muriel Segal, Virgins Reluctant, Dubious & Avowed, 1977

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Unicorns

A library implies an act of faith. – Victor Hugo

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Faith

Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of the government. – Pierre Joseph Proudhon, quoted in The Match!

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Justice & Law