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It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I ur

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war. – Chief Joseph

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Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow. – Chief Joseph

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Men
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Chief Joseph
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General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation. – Chief Joseph

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Home
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We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone. – Chief Joseph

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alone
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And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war. – Dana Rohrabacher

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War

Killing is the payoff of war. – Morley Safer

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War

I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war. – Ben Barnes

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War

These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence. – Margaret J. Wheatley

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War

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I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. – Ayn Rand

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Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone. – Paul Johannes Tillich, The Eternal Now

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Dont let that weapon technology proliferate. Dont let Saddam Hussein get capability for nuclear or chemical weapons, because hes already shown a willingness to use any weapon at his disposal. – John Sununu

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Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when youd have preferred to talk. – Doug Larson

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