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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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The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded. – Leo Tolstoy

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My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat. – Leo Tolstoy

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All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. – Leo Tolstoy

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But does that mean that war and violence are inevitable? I would argue not because we have also evolved this amazingly sophisticated intellect, and we are capable of controlling our innate behavior a lot of the time. – Jane Goodall

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There arent a lot of guys like me left. But Im a war horse. Ive been through it all. And you know something about war horses? Through the sleet, through the snow, they just keep going. – Joel Silver

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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism. – Noam Chomsky

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World War I broke out largely because of an arms race, and World War II because of the lack of an arms race. – Herman Kahn

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He repeated to himself an old French proverb that he had made up that morning. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The United States strongly condemns the illegal disclosure of classified information. It puts peoples lives in danger, threatens our national security, and undermines our efforts to work with other countries to solve shared problems. – Hillary Clinton

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