War and Peace

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tiny.ag/phdwhmxt · submitted 1997

I prefer the most unjust peace to the most righteous war.

tiny.ag/1i8zitnu · submitted 1998

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harms way.

tiny.ag/2flecxec · submitted 1997

And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

tiny.ag/la65dtiv · submitted 1998

It was involuntary. They sank my boat.

John F. Kennedy, (comment when asked about his heroism), in War and Peace

tiny.ag/5i2ylath · submitted 1997

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

tiny.ag/l9ib3pad · submitted 1997

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

tiny.ag/4kgkvwyo · submitted 1997

I believe that Ronald Reagan will someday make this country what it once was... an arctic wilderness.

tiny.ag/kxyqnliw · submitted 1997

Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.

tiny.ag/sxpzikiy · submitted 1997

To save your world you asked this man to die;
Would this man, could he see you now, ask why?

W. H. Auden, "Epitaph for an Unknown Soldier", in War and Peace

tiny.ag/qgj3ivvu · submitted 1997

You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and liberty.

tiny.ag/ognqp9t4 · submitted 1997

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.

tiny.ag/piklxjab · submitted 1997

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.

tiny.ag/ry32bjva · submitted 1997

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

tiny.ag/r3davdhl · submitted 1997

In war, there is no substitute for victory.

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