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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their o

War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle. – Thomas Carlyle

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In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time: the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream. – Thomas Carlyle

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Books
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The depth of our despair measures what capability and height of claim we have to hope. – Thomas Carlyle

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Despair
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Look at what President Kennedy managed to achieve during the Cuban missile crisis. If Bush had been president in 1962, do you think he would have avoided a nuclear war? – Bianca Jagger

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As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of exalted characters. – Edward Gibbon

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War is just a racket… I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. – Smedley Butler

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The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people. – Marjane Satrapi

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All mankind… being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. – John Locke

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Sometimes success comes in ways you dont expect. – Ben Barnes

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