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War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, t

War – An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will. – George Washington

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I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandmans cares. – George Washington

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George Washington
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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession. – George Washington

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Experience
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I think theres a tremendous split between people whove been through a war and people who havent. – Antonia Fraser

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John Daltons records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. – Isaac Asimov

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War

And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede. – Dick Gregory

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War

No one ever said that fighting the war against terrorism and defending our homeland would be easy. So lets support our troops, law enforcement workers, and our mission to keep our nation and our children safe in the days and years to come. – Judy Biggert

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Thats a central part of philosophy, of ethics. What do I owe to strangers? What do I owe to my family? What is it to live a good life? Those are questions which we face as individuals. – Peter Singer

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The path of sorrow and that path alone, leads to a land where sorrow is unknown. – William Cowper

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Life would be tragic if it werent funny. – Stephen Hawking

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Executives are like joggers. If you stop a jogger, he goes on running on the spot. If you drag an executive away from his business, he goes on running on the spot, pawing the ground, talking business. He never stops hurtling onwards, making decisions and executing them. – Jean Baudrillard

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