Quotes with war-making

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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Oral delivery aims at persuasion and making the listener believe they are converted. Few persons are capable of being convinced; the majority allow themselves to be persuaded.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz Our discussion has shown that while in war many different roads can lead to the goal, to the attainment of the political object, fighting is the only possible means.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Bill Clinton Our generation, like the one before us, must choose. Without the threat of the Cold War, without the pain of economic ruin, without the fresh memory of World War II's slaughter, it is tempting to pursue our private agendas - to simply sit back and let history unfold. We must resist the temptation.
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle Our life is not really a mutual helpfulness; but rather, it's fair competition cloaked under due laws of war; it's a mutual hostility.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Alfred Adler Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.
    Alfred Adler
    Austrian psychiatrist (1870 - 1937)
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  • Seneca Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Carolyn McCarthy Our pre-9/11 gun laws allow our enemies in the War on Terror to arm themselves right here in our own country.
    Carolyn McCarthy
    American nurse and politician (1944 - )
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  • Barbara Amiel Outside the walls, among others, is the Soviet Empire. It is malevolent, destructive and expanding. It has swallowed up over half a dozen countries since World War II.
    Barbara Amiel
    British journalist, writer, and socialite (1940 - )
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  • Angela Merkel Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • John Milton Peace has her victories no less renowned than war.
    John Milton
    English poet, polemicist and man of letters (1608 - 1674)
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  • John Milton Peace has her victories which are no less renowned than war.
    John Milton
    English poet, polemicist and man of letters (1608 - 1674)
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  • Kin Hubbard Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.
    Kin Hubbard
    American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist (1868 - 1930)
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  • John Milton Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war.
    Letter to Cromwell
    John Milton
    English poet, polemicist and man of letters (1608 - 1674)
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  • Baruch Spinoza Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Baruch Spinoza Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Pierre Corneille Peace is produced by war.
    Pierre Corneille
    French playwright (1606 - 1684)
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  • James Thomson Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.
    James Thomson
    Scottish poet (1700 - 1748)
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  • Brett Ratner People can criticise all day long, I think I've proven myself, I think I deliver. And I agree, box office does not mean a movie's good, but I feel like I'm making good movies and I'm delivering in box office.
    Brett Ratner
    American director and producer (1969 - )
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  • Robert Keith Leavitt People don't ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one good, soul-satisfying emotion than a dozen facts.
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