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" Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world. "

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" I covered the Vietnam War. I remember the lies that were told, the lives that were lost - and the shock when, twenty years after the war ended, former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara admitted he knew it was a mistake all along. "

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

" Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. "

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" No matter how many people you kill, using a machine gun in battle is not a war crime because it does not cause unnecessary suffering; it simply performs its job horrifyingly well. "

" How do we prevent Iran developing an atomic bomb, when, on the American side, dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is not recognised as a war crime? "

" There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck. "

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" The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam. "

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" 'Jihad' can mean holy war to extremists, but it means struggle to the average Muslim. "

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" I think a lot of Americans have never been all that hungry. They've never had war on their shore, and they've never suffered the way other cultures have suffered. I'm not saying we should go suffer. Not at all. I'm saying we should be more aware of how other cultures exist. "