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Quote by George Washington
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. – George Washington

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There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard. – George Washington

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Experience
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Government is not reason it is not eloquent it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. – George Washington

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Government
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George Washington
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Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it. – George Washington

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Mercy
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War
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There are people who cannot forget, as neither do I, the lesson of the years of the Indochina War. Which was, first, that the state is capable of being a murderer. A mass murderer, and a conspirator and a liar. – Christopher Hitchens

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War

To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman. – Alfred Adler

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War

We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars. – Anatole Broyard

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War

The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle, but to make them long for it. – Louis Simpson

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I watch and listen to movies today and am shocked by the way actors deliver their lines. Everybody mumbles now and I dont understand why. – Maureen OHara

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One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child. – Maria Montessori

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Sometimes, eating a thick slice of chocolate fudge cake with ice cream makes you a better person. – Dr.SunWolf, 2012 tweet, professorsunwolf.com

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After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. – Dee Dee Myers

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