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There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not bett

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it. – Havelock Ellis

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The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps. – Havelock Ellis

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Suicide
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There is held to be no surer test of civilization than the increase per head of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Yet alcohol and tobacco are recognizable poisons, so that their consumption has only to be carried far enough to destroy civilization altogether. – Havelock Ellis

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Drugs
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There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war. – George McGovern

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War is a profane thing. – Norman Schwarzkopf

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Accursed be he that first invented war. – Christopher Marlowe

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I did a production of Journeys End, an RC Sherriff play about World War I, at the Edinburgh Festival. I was 18 and it was the first time that people I knew and loved and respected came up to me after the show and said, You know, you could really do this if you wanted to. – Tom Hiddleston

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