Quote by Tom Lehrer
Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger

Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize. – Tom Lehrer

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My last public performance for money was in 1967. For free, it was 1972, with the exception of two little one-shot, one-song things. But thats just for friends, out of friendship for the people involved, and also because it was fun. – Tom Lehrer

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It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years. – Tom Lehrer

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Instead of a man of peace and love, I have become a man of violence and revenge. – Hiawatha

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I believe it is peace in our time. – Neville Chamberlain

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Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous. – George Bernard Shaw

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The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of absolute security and lasting peace. – Ludwig Quidde

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