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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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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Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war. – Tony Blair

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Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong? – Holly Near

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War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands. – H.L. Mencken, 1930

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What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants. – Joseph Wood Krutch

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