Quote by Victor Hugo
A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in museums, just a

A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in museums, just as instruments of torture are now, and the people will be astonished that such a thing could have been. – Victor Hugo

Other quotes by Victor Hugo

Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers. – Victor Hugo

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Beauty
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Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great. – Victor Hugo

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good
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Other Quotes from
War
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People didnt have the political guts to stand up against an American war. – George McGovern

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War

After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war. – Barney Ross

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War

Theres something brave and touching about game girls of all ages keeping themselves smart in hard times – one thinks of those wonderful women during World War II drawing stocking seams in eyebrow pencil up the back of legs stained with gravy browning because nylons were so hard to get hold of. – Julie Burchill

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War

This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war. – George W. Bush

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Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community. – Stephen Gardiner

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I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. Its hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do. – David Antin

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I, for one, respect those who believe with all their hearts and conscience that there are no circumstances under which any abortion should ever be available. – Hillary Clinton

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respect

We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved. – Julia Barr

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Family