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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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A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. – Benjamin Franklin

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Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey people. People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war… Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest. – C. S. Lewis

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Sometimes I think it should be a rule of war that you have to see somebody up close and get to know him before you can shoot him. – M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter

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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. – George Washington

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In most communities it is illegal to cry fire in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims? – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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When you cannot get a compliment in any other way pay yourself one. – Mark Twain

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