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Make wars unprofitable and you make them impossible.
~A. Philip Randolph

 

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Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.
~A pirate, from St. Augustine's "City of God"

 

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Old men declare war because they have failed to solve complex political and economic problems.
~Arthur Hoppe

 

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All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
~Arthur Schopenhauer

 

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Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.
~Ayn Rand

 

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Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.
~Ayn Rand

 

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Why should we hear about body bags, and deaths...I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
~Barbara Bush

 

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No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
~Barbara Ehrenreich

 

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What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.
~Barbara Jord

 

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War is the unfolding of miscalculations.