Quote by John Bolton
Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war.

Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war. – John Bolton

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Well, Im a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom. – John Bolton

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People say you favor assassination, what do you think war is? Except that its assassination on a much larger scale, a much more horrific scale. – John Bolton

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War
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I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from Social Security, ending the insane war on drugs, restoring gun rights, and reducing the federal government to just its constitutional functions. – Harry Browne

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I have not yet begun to fight! – John Paul Jones

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War

There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more of less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction. – George Orwell

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War

When war comes, two things happen – profits go way, way up and all perishables go way, way down. There becomes a market for them. – Steven Spielberg

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War

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