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Sylvester Stallone Actor, Filmmaker
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"When crossing someone's borders you have to be prepared to engage in a war that is far more brutal than if it were to take place on neutral territory."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"Violence can succeed, as Americans know well from the conquest of the national territory. But at terrible cost. It can also provoke violence in response, and often does."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"The crimes against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and elsewhere, particularly Lebanon, are so shocking that the only emotionally valid reaction is rage and a call for extreme actions. But that does not help the victims. And, in fact, it's likely to harm them."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"There are women (some men, too, but mostly women) who are going to the occupied Palestinian territories to stand with the victims of Israeli occupation. These are very courageous Israeli women and some British and American women. That's something quite new."

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John Adams Founding Father, Politician
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"Negro Slavery is an evil of Colossal magnitude. I am therefore utterly averse to the admission of Slavery into the Missouri Territory, and heartily wish that every Constitutional measure may be adopted for the preservation of it."

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Julie James Author
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"You know, if you're trying to mark your territory, you could've just peed on me before I came over here and saved us both a lot of time!"

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