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Say what you want to say about the rest of his presidency, includi

Say what you want to say about the rest of his presidency, including his tone-deaf response to Katrina and a war waged in Iraq on false pretenses, Bush connected with Americans in the aftermath of 9/11 because he looked as frail and unforgiving as we felt. – Ron Fournier

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Got good news and bad news for you, Mr. President. The good news is that Chief Justice John Roberts just saved your legacy and, perhaps, your presidency by writing for the Supreme Court majority to rule health care reform constitutional. – Ron Fournier

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Dont kid yourself. President Obamas decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before he stands for reelection is not driven by the United States position of strength in the war zone as much as it is by grim economic and political realities at home. – Ron Fournier

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White House operatives went to great lengths to show Obama shifting focus from wars abroad to domestic issues at home. – Ron Fournier

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A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy. – Aldous Huxley

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War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace. – Thomas Mann

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We need a new law that owners of SUVs are automatically in the military reserve. Then they can go get their own goddamn oil. – Jello Biafra, quoted in The Guardian, 3 November 2007

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War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you. – Susan Sarandon

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