In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt.

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In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time...

In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time...

Ten days that shook the world.

Ten days that shook the world.

War means an ugly mob-madness, crucifying the truth tellers, choking the artists, sidetracking reforms, revolutions,...

War means an ugly mob-madness, crucifying the truth tellers, choking the artists, sidetracking reforms, revolutions,...

It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten...

It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten...

Kennedy said that if we had nuclear war we'd kill 300 million people in the...

Kennedy said that if we had nuclear war we'd kill 300 million people in the...

War hath no fury like a non-combatant

War hath no fury like a non-combatant

One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war

One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war

What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.

What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.

It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords...

It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords...

The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What...

The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What...

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.

Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace...

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace...

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get...

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get...

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

Another such victory, and we are undone.

Another such victory, and we are undone.

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our...

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our...

Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally discredited and...

Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally discredited and...