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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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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All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. – Thomas Paine

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War is at its best barbarism. – William Tecumseh Sherman

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Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! – Helen Keller

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Only the dead have seen the end of war. – Plato

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Fascism is a worldwide disease. Its greatest threat to the United States will come after the war, either via Latin America or within the United States itself. – Henry A. Wallace

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