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War is the unfolding of miscalculations. - Barbara Tuchman

War is the unfolding of miscalculations. – Barbara Tuchman

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Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism. – Barbara Tuchman

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Diplomacy
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Barbara Tuchman
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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. – Barbara Tuchman

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History
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Barbara Tuchman
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War
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The things that inform student culture are created and controlled by the unseen culture, the sociological aspects of our climbing culture, our me generation, our yuppie culture, our SUVs, or, you know, shopping culture, our war culture. – Gus Van Sant

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War

We didnt start this war – the right wing did. Were tired of seeing good-paying jobs shipped overseas. This fight is about the economy, its about jobs and its about rebuilding America. – James P. Hoffa

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War

It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth – that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda. – Harry Browne

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War

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war. – Thucydides

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War

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Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea. – John Gunther

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Swearing is industry language. For as long as were alive its not going to change. Youve got to be boisterous to get results. – Gordon Ramsay

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Change

The only country where you see any positive movement within domestic consumption is Brazil, where you really do have a variety of coffees to make blends with. – Robert Nelson

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positive

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature. – Albert Camus

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Nature