Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"There never was a good war, or a bad peace."
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Good War
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Abraham Lincoln
Political Leader
"There' s nothing good in war. Except its ending."
Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher, Writer
"You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher, Writer
"It is the good war that hallows every cause."
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"He that makes a good war makes a good peace."
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