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I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known

I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war. – Gene Tierney

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In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening. – Gene Tierney

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I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed. – Gene Tierney

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It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passions, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. РAndr̩ Gide, Journals, 13 September 1938

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My father was in the First World War. – Doris Lessing

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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. – David Friedman

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