Quote by Thomas Hardy
Yes quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down youd treat

Yes quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down youd treat if met where any bar is, or help to half-a-crown. – Thomas Hardy

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I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. – Thomas Hardy

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Let me enjoy the earth no less
Because the all-enacting Might
That fashioned forth its loveliness
Had other aims than my delight. – Thomas Hardy

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So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence, I say that we have to get rid of the individual asholes in each office and situation. – Colin Quinn

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I think theres a tremendous split between people whove been through a war and people who havent. – Antonia Fraser

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What we want to do is reform the welfare system in the way that Tony Blair talked about 13 years ago but never achieved – a system that was created for the days after the Second World War. That prize is now I think achievable. – Iain Duncan Smith

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Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total… because it may well involve the whole world. – Jean-Paul Sartre

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