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All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

Sun Tzu (544 BC-496 BC)

All's fair in love and war.

American Proverb

Almost every war ends, properly, with its veterans feeling deceived and pointless and gullible, with their being persuaded that all participants were equally vile.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-)

America is addicted to wars of distraction

Barbara Ehrenreich (1941-)

America is addicted to wars of distraction

Barbara Ehrenreich (1941-)

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

John Paul Jones (1747-1792)

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.

Jon Stewart (1962-)

Another such victory, and we are undone.

Pyrrhus

Anyone contemplating world war is certifiably insane, no matter how calm they seem.

Vanna Bonta

Arrived too late. Act already done.

Nostradamus (1503-)

As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else

Jeanette Rankin

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.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for war; and he may be justly hunted down, as the enemy of mankind, that can choose to snatch, by violence and bloodshed, what gentler means can equally obtain

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

As the bomb fell over Hiroshima and exploded, we saw an entire city disappear. I wrote in my log the words: "My God, what have we done?"

Capt Robert Lewis

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology

Rebecca West (1892-1983)

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