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

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George Washington

" We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict. "

Nathan Bedford Forrest

" Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide. "

Eleanor Roosevelt

" War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want. "

William Tecumseh Sherman

" One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity. "

" A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars. "

" Oh, sure, we have another world war coming, and another great depression, but where are the leaders this time? "

" If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the names of Los Alamos and of Hiroshima. "

J. Robert Oppenheimer

" I grew up among heroes who went down the pit, who played rugby, told stories, sang songs of war. "

" I was not an anthropology student prior to the war. I took it up as part of a personal readjustment following some bewildering experiences as an infantryman and later as a prisoner of war in Dresden, Germany. The science of the Study of Man has been extremely satisfactory from that personal standpoint. "

" The episode of the 'shoe bomber,' Richard Reid, has suddenly meant more feet being bared at airports than at the average Hindu temple. My solution has been to replace my customary lace-up Oxfords with a pair of slip-on loafers when I fly. Generals are always fighting the last war, and security screeners are the same. "

" 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. "

Richard N. Haass

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

John F. Kennedy

" Sweat saves blood. "

" War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can. "

Winston Churchill

" There was a belief after World War I that painting could be an act of civil revolt. I want this exhibition, 'New Museum,' to be an act of civil disobedience. It's not so much about the New Museum on the Bowery, but the idea of challenging museums as projections of cultural authority. It's painting as insurgency. "

Richard Phillips

" The first casualty when war comes is truth. "

" The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. "

George S. Patton

" Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are. "

" We have to go to war against the people who enable the gun violence, the people who stop us from keeping guns out of the hands of mentally unstable people, of felons, and that means the NRA leadership. "

" Was it proof of madness in the first corps of sea officers to have, at so critical a period, launched out on the ocean with only two armed merchant ships, two armed brigantines, and one armed sloop, to make war against such a power as Great Britain? "

John Paul Jones

" In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. "

Winston Churchill

" Life is now a war zone, and as such, the number of people considered disposable has grown exponentially, and this includes low income whites, poor minorities, immigrants, the unemployed, the homeless, and a range of people who are viewed as a liability to capital and its endless predatory quest for power and profits. "

" Germany was beaten after World War I, but it didn't take long for it to rise again as a much more malignant threat. The end of World War II was not to be a compromise; it was to come about from the total annihilation of the enemies' ability and will to make war. "

" I learned from my grandmother, who grew up in devastating war times, how important it is to keep with tradition and celebrate the holidays during tough times. "

Marcus Samuelsson

" War is a blessing compared with national degradation. "

" Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement. "

" We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray. "