The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have

The war… was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides. – Robert E. Lee

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This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room. – Virginia Woolf

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Here we will solve with laws and dollars, problems that too many people around the world still must solve with violence and civil war. – Marco Rubio

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