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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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But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing. – 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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The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. – Thomas Jefferson

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Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. If you try to run away from it, if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost. – John Foster Dulles

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I dont know why you use a fancy French word like detente when theres a good English phrase for it – cold war. – Golda Meir

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