"It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice"
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"Never [enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance of one of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many on their getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another."
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"Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war."
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"Peace is an extension of war by political means. Plenty of elbow-room is pleasanter -- and much safer."
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"Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires."
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"I think we can end the divisions within the United States. What I think is quite clear is that we can work together in the last analysis. And that what has been going on with the United States over the period of that last three years, the divisions, the violence, the disenchantment with our society, the divisions - whether it's between blacks and whites, between the poor and the more affluent, or between age groups, or in the war in Vietnam - that we can work together. We are a great country, an unselfish country and a compassionate country. And I intend to make that my basis for running."
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"I will always be an advocate in terms of wars of necessity. I am just much more cautious on wars of choice."
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"The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it."
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"There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace."
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"It is no coincidence that when the thugs tried to wrest control over Grenada, there were 30 Soviet advisors and hundreds of Cuban military and paramilitary forces on the island."
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"Americans are not going to tolerate intimidation, terror and outright acts of war against this nation and its people. And we are especially not going to tolerate these attacks from outlaw states run by the strangest collection of misfits, Looney Tunes and squalid criminals since the advent of the Third Reich ... There can be no place on earth where it is safe for these monsters to rest,or train or practice their cruel and deadly. We must act together - or unilateraly, if necessary - to ensue that these terrorists have no sanctuary, anywhere."
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"Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him."
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"He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks."
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"The value of time, that is of being a little ahead of your opponent, often provides greater advantage than superior numbers or greater resources."
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"When your weapons are dulled and ardour damped, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, neighboring rulers will take advantage of your distress to act. And even though you have wise counsellors, none will be able to lay good plans for the future. Thus, while we have heard of blundering swiftness in war, we have not yet seen a clever operation that was prolonged."
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"This does not mean that the enemy is to be allowed to escape. The object is to make him believe that there is a road to safety, and thus prevent his fighting with the courage of despair. After that, you may crush him."
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"To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad is better than to destroy them. For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the supreme of excellence. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence."
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"Like the sun and moon, they end but to begin anew; like the four seasons, they pass away to return once more."
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"When he utilizes combined energy, his fighting men become, as it were, like rolling logs or stones... The energy developed by good fighting men is as the momentum of a round stone rolled down a mountain thousands of feet in height."
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"Without subtle ingenuity of mind, one cannot make certain of the truth of their reports."
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