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Quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to comb

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide? – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Risk
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Death
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time. – Hamid Karzai

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Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose – and you allow him to make war at pleasure. – Abraham Lincoln

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The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it. – John Randolph

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War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil. – George Orwell

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Life is full of happiness and tears be strong and have faith. – Kareena Kapoor

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