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Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and th

Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there must be few people who have not felt a twinge of nostalgia for the cold war. – James Buchan

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In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency – money – the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished. – James Buchan

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Society
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In rising financial markets, the world is forever new. The bull or optimist has no eyes for past or present, but only for the future, where streams of revenue play in his imagination. – James Buchan

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Future
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Suicidal violence is not the exclusive property of the Muslim world. Suicide bombings were a tactic of nationalist struggles in 19th-century Europe and Russia, the far east during the second world war and the Vietnam war, and in modern Sri Lanka. – James Buchan

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War
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The military dont start wars. Politicians start wars. – William Westmoreland

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War

No country is so wild and difficult but men will make it a theater of war. – Ambrose Bierce

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War

Priorities like winning the War on Terror and providing tax relief that will keep our economy growing strong. – Dennis Hastert

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War

I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from Social Security, ending the insane war on drugs, restoring gun rights, and reducing the federal government to just its constitutional functions. – Harry Browne

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War

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More than 20 years on, sustained competition, informed customers and the rapid growth of new technology provide the necessary environment for substantial deregulation. – Stephen Carter

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By making bold cuts in spending and commonsense entitlement reforms, we will make our government simpler, smaller, and smarter. – Mitt Romney

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I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. Hes amazing really. – Adrian Lyne

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If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect. – Jacques Yves Cousteau

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