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The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our

The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and if war is used as an instrument of policy, eventually we will have total war. – Lester B. Pearson

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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling it never forgives preaching of a new gospel. – Edmund Burke

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The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money. – A. J. Liebling

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The human races prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves. – Arnold J. Toynbee

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I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them. – Samantha Morton

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