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" My grandpa was a World War II paratrooper, my uncle a Vietnam Purple Heart recipient, my cousins both Marine Corps officers. I have some very close Navy SEAL connections as well. "

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" The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory. "

Douglas Haig

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" War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. "

" During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return. "

" This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war. "

" It is not surprising that most Pakistanis do not support America's bombardment of Afghanistan. The Afghans are neighbours on the brink of starvation and devastated by war. America has shown itself to be untrustworthy, a superpower that uses its values as a scabbard for its sword. "

" War is not only a matter of equipment, artillery, group troops or air force; it is largely a matter of spirit, or morale. "

" I would rather sit down with a Hollywood liberal any day than simply surround myself with fellow conservatives. "

" In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense. "

" I can't sit here and be a hypocrite and say I'm for limited government, but I think the government should decide what women do with their bodies. "

" Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refugees of a long war. "

" The Secretary of Hygiene or Physical Culture will be far more important in the cabinet of the President of the United States who holds office in the year 2035 than the Secretary of War. "

" Without perestroika, the cold war simply would not have ended. But the world could not continue developing as it had, with the stark menace of nuclear war ever present. "

" War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it. "

" Wars of necessity are essentially unavoidable. They involve the most important national interests, a lack of promising alternatives to the use of force, and a certain and considerable price to be paid if the status quo is allowed to stand. Examples include World War II and the Korean War. "

" The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes. "

" I have not yet begun to fight! "

" I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and I think he means that. I met him last autumn and he assured me that they wanted to come through and disarm Iraq by peaceful means, and that's what we are trying to do as hard as we can. "

Hans Blix

Trying

Autumn

" When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not. "

" It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell. "

William Tecumseh Sherman

Cry

Blood

" War's not black and white; it's gray. If you don't fight in the gray area, you're going to lose. "

" Before the war is ended, the war party assumes the divine right to denounce and silence all opposition to war as unpatriotic and cowardly. "

Robert M. La Follette

Party

Divine

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" All warfare is based on deception. "

" Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. "

" I had a very strong feeling about the Vietnam War, and I had a strong feeling about participating in it. The military draft was in place, I was summoned for a physical exam, and I was either going to be classified as fit for military service or make my objection to it. So I made my objection to it. "

" My job is my life. "

" Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues. "

" Marriage is an adventure, like going to war. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Marriage

" As conservatives, we know the media is stacked against us. We know popular culture is often stacked against us. We know the narrative has been written without our voice despite our best efforts. "

Tomi Lahren

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Media

" I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero. The minute anybody presumes that they are heroes, they get their boots taken away from them and buried in the sand. "

" In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes. "