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What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that he

What a country calls its vital… interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war. – Simone Weil

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A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless. – Simone Weil

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God
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A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams. – Simone Weil

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Dreams
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When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder. – Simone Weil

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All the culture war issues will be settled by the court. – Gary Bauer

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War

The whole point of being in the Army is wanting to get killed, wanting to test yourself to the limits. Now you have to fly 15,000ft above the war zone to avoid getting hit. I dont think there is any point in having wars if thats how youre going to behave. Its pathetic. All this whining! – Rupert Everett

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War is the province of danger. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war. – Thucydides

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When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done. – Charles Schumer

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It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Grandmothers are just antique little girls. – Author Unknown

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We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. – Omar N. Bradley

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