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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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Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice. – James Buchan

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Poetry
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If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside. – James Buchan

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History
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Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue. – James Buchan

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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. – Sun Tzu

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War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want. – William Tecumseh Sherman

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I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country. – Chief Joseph

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War

War kills men, and men deplore the loss but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. – Native American Indian Proverb

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I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good. – Mary Douglas

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Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get. – Ray Kroc

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