Quote by Thomas Jefferson
War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. – Thomas Jefferson

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So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done. – Thomas Jefferson

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Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question. – Thomas Jefferson

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Sometime theyll give a war and nobody will come. – Carl Sandburg

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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you dont learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins. – King Abdullah II

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I want to start my own airplane business. Im going to buy two Dakotas, paint them up in war colours and do, er, nostalgia trips to Arnhem – you know, where the old paratroopers used to go – and charge them about 20 quid a time. – Gary Numan

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In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one. – H. L. Mencken

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Worry ducks when purpose flies overhead. – Terri Guillemets

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