War Veteran

I dream of giving

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I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: Mother, what was war? Eve Merriam

There never was a

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There never was a good war or a bad revolution. Edward Abbey

Neither a wise man

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Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Every gun that is

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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. Dwight D. Eisenhower

I hate war as

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I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. Dwight D. Eisenhower

What counts is not

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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog. Dwight D. Eisenhower

**** the torpedoes! Full

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**** the torpedoes! Full speed ahead! David Farragut