A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is o

A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over… is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars. – Carly Simon

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Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. – Albert Einstein

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