Quote by Margot Asquith
From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed t

From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war. – Margot Asquith

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There is nothing more perplexing in life than to know at what point you should surrender your intellect to your faith. – Margot Asquith

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Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient? – Oriana Fallaci

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Theres no doubt that usually a presidents public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me. – Jimmy Carter

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Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it… You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week. – Will Rogers

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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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