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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Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live. – Leo Tolstoy

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He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began. – Leo Tolstoy

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Until democracy in effective enthusiastic action fills the vacuum created by the power of modern inventions, we may expect the fascists to increase in power after the war both in the United States and in the world. – Henry A. Wallace

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We owe our World War II veterans – and all our veterans – a debt we can never fully repay. – Doc Hastings

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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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Despite what the pundits want us to think, contested primaries arent civil war, they are democracy at work, and thats beautiful. – Sarah Palin

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