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Letter "W" » War
«America is addicted to wars of distraction»
Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
| About:
America and Americans,
War
| Keywords:
addict, addicted, addicts, America, distraction, distractions, wars
«As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else»
«An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it»
Author: John Paul Jones
(Naval Hero)
| About:
Peace,
War,
Wishes
| Keywords:
effusion, human blood, my first
«Arrived too late. Act already done.»
«As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery»
Author: John Donne
| About:
Peace,
War
| Keywords:
emblem, Emblems, goodness, hieroglyphic, hieroglyphics, misery
«And then you've got Lieberman, who is for the war. And thinks the tax cuts could really help. He's basically for people who want to vote for Bush but don't think Bush is Jewish enough.»
«Almost every war ends, properly, with its veterans feeling deceived and pointless and gullible, with their being persuaded that all participants were equally vile.»
«As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
War
| Keywords:
cease, fascination, fascinations, Long War, looked, More popular than, popular, popular with, regarded, vulgar, wick, wicked, wickedest
«Anyone contemplating world war is certifiably insane, no matter how calm they seem.»
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