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A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, exc

A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war. – Simone Weil

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What a country calls its vital… interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war. – Simone Weil

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I think the record speaks for itself. These are two individuals who have been for the war when the headlines were good and against it when their poll ratings were bad. – Dick Cheney

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War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals. – Charles Evans Hughes

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Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war. – Donald Trump

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