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Quote by Benjamin Franklin
All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. In

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. In my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace. When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration? – Benjamin Franklin

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He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too. – Benjamin Franklin

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Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country. – Bertrand Russell, attributed

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We are Americans when we go to war, and when we return, we are Mexicans. – Dennis Chavez

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A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war. – Simone Weil

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