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Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to b

Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. – James Madison

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A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both. – James Madison

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Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty. – James Madison

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This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war. – William Tecumseh Sherman

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War

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. – Ernest Hemingway

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The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm. – Albert Camus

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War

President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken ODonnell. He was ready to protect this nation, but he was not ready for a military solution just because it was being rammed down his throat. – Kevin Costner

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I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing. – Duncan Sheik

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Your mind, while blessed with permanent memory, is cursed with lousy recall. Written goals provide clarity. By documenting your dreams, you must think about the process of achieving them. – Gary Ryan Blair

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Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls. – Gaston Bachelard

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Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I dont believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Arts sake. – E. M. Forster

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