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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actu

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. – Thomas Jefferson

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We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country. – Thomas Jefferson

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Only the dead have seen the end of the war. – George Santayana

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Theres an assault on human sexuality, as Judge Scalia said, theyve taken sides in the culture war and on top of that if we have a democracy, the democratic processes should be that we can elect representatives who will share our point of view and vote those things into law. – Pat Robertson

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People say you favor assassination, what do you think war is? Except that its assassination on a much larger scale, a much more horrific scale. – John Bolton

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You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas. – Dougray Scott

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