Quote by Leo Tolstoy
War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, espec

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it. – Leo Tolstoy

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Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised. – Leo Tolstoy

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Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six. – Leo Tolstoy

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If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love. – Leo Tolstoy

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That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back. – Gertrude Stein

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War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. – Hannah Arendt

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You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made a living if you could, and you tired to make the best of things. For an actor or a dancer, it was no different then than today. It was a struggle. – James Cagney

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Will… the threat of common extermination continue?… Must children receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance? – Pope John Paul II, speech at the UN, 1979

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The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of the common man. – Baron William Henry Beveridge

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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God. – Mahatma Gandhi

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For those who have come here illegally, they might have a transition time to allow them to set their affairs in order. And then go back home and get in line with everybody else. And if they get in line and they apply to become a citizen and get a green card, they will be treated like everybody else. – Mitt Romney

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