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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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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Just as the Security Council was largely irrelevant to the great struggle of the last half of the twentieth century – freedom against Communism – so too it is largely on the sidelines in our contemporary struggles against international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. – John Bolton

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Freedom
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It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow… that are the aftermath of war. – Herbert Hoover

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War

Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnsons administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamaras brilliant whiz kids tried to micro-manage the Vietnam war, with disastrous results. – Thomas Sowell

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War

The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle, but to make them long for it. – Louis Simpson

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War

When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up. – George McGovern

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War

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Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life – all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity. – Zig Ziglar

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I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we dont encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics. – Newt Gingrich

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