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Quote by Thomas Paine
War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstan

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes. – Thomas Paine

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Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true. – Thomas Paine

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In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war. – Arthur Henderson

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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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War is the unfolding of miscalculations. – Barbara Tuchman

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Americas veterans and troops serving abroad today fought hard to preserve our red, white and blue, from the Revolutionary War to todays Global War Against Terrorism, and Congress action today is appropriate for one of our most sacred symbols. – Bill Shuster

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