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"Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher
War, Virtue, State
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"Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves."

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"War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader
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"In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman
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"War is mainly a catalogue of blunders."

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"War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it."

Martin Luther, German Leader
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"War is the business of barbarians."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader
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"If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman
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"An army marches on its stomach."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader
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"Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman
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"The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it."

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"War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man."

Napoleon Hill, American Writer
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