Edmund Burke
Philosopher, Politician
"Wars are just to those to whom they are necessary."
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Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace."
James Wolfe
Military Officer
"What, do they run already? Then I die happy."
Hippocrates
Physician
"War is the only proper school of the surgeon."
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright, Critic
"God is on the side of the big battalions."
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"Even the bravest cannot fight beyond his power"
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