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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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Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS — our inferior one varies with the place. – Thomas Paine

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To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not. – Thomas Paine

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The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick. – Thomas Paine

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The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war. – Rand Paul

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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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War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun. – Mao Zedong

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Were not going to baby sit a civil war. – Barack Obama

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Is there anything science should not try to explain? Science is knowledge and knowledge is power – power to do good or evil. Sometimes ignorance is bliss. – Paul Davies

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Experience is the only prophecy of wise men. – Alphonse de Lamartine

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Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning that does the work. – Mark Twain

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Its easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you dont change, your field changes around you. – Walter Gilbert

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