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War never leaves, where it found a nation
War is the matter which fills all history; and consequently the only, or almost the only, view in which we can see the external of political society is in a hostile shape: and the only actions to which we have always seen, and still see, all of them intent, are such as tend to the destruction of one another
The blood of man should never be shed but to redeem the blood of man. It is well shed for our family, for our friends, for our God, for our country, for our kind. The rest is vanity; the rest is crime
I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people
When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise
When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him
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