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" War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings. "

Ludwig von Mises

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" My great-grandfather and his two brothers fought at Gettysburg. They were in artillery, and they survived the war, thank goodness. So I revere what they did. I think their motivations were honorable when they undertook the war and participated in it along with other Southerners. "

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