"A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe."
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"After 9/11, we realized that all these silly culture wars, and arguing about rock lyrics... who cares? You know, we, for some reason, remembered what our real problems are."
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"There is one front and one battle where everyone in the United States-every man, woman, and child-is in action, and will be privileged to remain in action throughout this war. That front is right here at home, in our daily lives, and in our daily tasks."
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"Your profits are going to be cut down to a reasonably low level by taxation. Your income will be subject to higher taxes. Indeed in these days, when every available dollar should go to the war effort, I do not think that any American citizen should have a net income in excess of $25,000 per year after payment of taxes."
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"More than just an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars."
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"When a country is at war we want Congressmen, regardless of party, to back up the government of the United States."
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"If civilization is to survive, the principles of the Prince of Peace must be restored. Shattered trust between nations must be revived. Most important of all, the will for peace on the part of peace-loving nations must express itself to the end that nations that may be tempted to violate their agreements and the rights of others will desist from such a cause. There must be positive endeavors to preserve peace. America hates war. America hopes for peace. Therefore, America actively engages in the search for peace."
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"Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce it."
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"I have seen war ... I hate war."
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"Resort to force in the Great War (I) failed to bring tranquillity. Victory and defeat alike were sterile. That lesson the world should have learned."
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"[D]rilling and arming, when carried on on a national scale, excite whole populations to frenzies which end in war."
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"Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war."
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"I believe that we are going to get along very well with him [Josef Stalin] and the Russian people - very well indeed."
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"On the European Front the most important development of the past year has been the crushing offensive of the Great Armies of Russia."
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"Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars."
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"They have given their sons to the military services. They have stoked the furnaces and hurried the factory wheels. They have made the planes and welded the tanks. Riveted the ships and rolled the shells."
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"Men are so accustomed to maintaining external order by violence that they cannot conceive of life being possible without violence."
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"The Ministry of Truth, which concerned itself with news, entertainment, education and fine arts. The Ministry of Peace, which concerned itself with war. The Ministry of Love, which maintained law and order. And the Ministry of Plenty, which is responsible for economic affairs. their names, in Newspeak: Minitrue, Minipax, Miniluv and Miniplenty"
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"The war is waged against its own subjects and its object is not the victory...but to keep the very structure of society intact."
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"War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil."
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