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What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a wa

What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in America in the 1770s and 1780s. – L. Neil Smith

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An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war. – Charles de Montesquieu

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Everybody has a job to do. There are people in Iraq on both sides of this war who do what they do for religious reasons, and they feel with God on their side. Some people are good at annihilating people. Maybe thats their gift. – Denzel Washington

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