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War is the greatest fun man can have with his pants on.


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The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he needs to be approached not as an assembly of 'targets' to be destroyed one by one; but as a living, intelligent entity capable of acting and reacting.

The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he needs to be approached not as an assembly of 'targets' to be destroyed one by one; but as a living, intelligent entity capable of acting and reacting.



A world without war is not in the cards.

A world without war is not in the cards.



We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets of our air force.

We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets of our air force.



As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force as to turn it from a struggle into suicide.

As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force as to turn it from a struggle into suicide.



I want to put any number of assorted 'ists' - such as relativists, deconstructionists, destructivists, postmodernists, the more maudlin kind of pacifists and feminists - firmly in their place.

I want to put any number of assorted 'ists' - such as relativists, deconstructionists, destructivists, postmodernists, the more maudlin kind of pacifists and feminists - firmly in their place.



Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those affected.

Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those affected.



If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel... if you let him kill you, then you are an idiot.

If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel... if you let him kill you, then you are an idiot.



In the future as in the past, both Clausewitz and Sun Tzu will undoubtedly have a lot to offer.

In the future as in the past, both Clausewitz and Sun Tzu will undoubtedly have a lot to offer.



Obviously, we don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons and I don't know if they're developing them, but if they're not developing them, they're crazy.

Obviously, we don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons and I don't know if they're developing them, but if they're not developing them, they're crazy.



Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me.

Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me.





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All movies aren't fun some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.



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One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.



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Flying the Feathered Edge captures my life story in an authentic and accurate way. I don't know how it could have been done any better.



That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best - make it all up - but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way.

That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best - make it all up - but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way.



Glamour is not self-conscious; it’s not trying really hard. It’s just expressing your own truth. I think that’s what the essence of glamour really is—expressing your uniqueness.

Glamour is not self-conscious; it’s not trying really hard. It’s just expressing your own truth. I think that’s what the essence of glamour really is—expressing your uniqueness.



Pleasures may turn a heart to stone, riches may make it callous, but sorrows cannot break it. Hearts live by being wounded.

Pleasures may turn a heart to stone, riches may make it callous, but sorrows cannot break it. Hearts live by being wounded.



Instead of trade policy that is beneficial to American businesses and workers as well as our trade partners, we have a flawed trade policy that hurts all parties.

Instead of trade policy that is beneficial to American businesses and workers as well as our trade partners, we have a flawed trade policy that hurts all parties.



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Acts of terror have never brought down liberal democracies. Acts of parliament have closed a few.



I, serial number 30743, Major General Yitzhak Rabin, am a soldier in the army of peace.

I, serial number 30743, Major General Yitzhak Rabin, am a soldier in the army of peace.




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