Socrates Quotes
If we pursue our habit of eating animals, and if our neighbour follows a similar path, will we need to go to war against our neighbour to secure greater pasturage, because ours will not be enough to sustain us, and our neighbour will have a similar need to wage war on us for the same reason.
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Truth is the best defense.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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I support this war on terror and the war on radical Islam.
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Well, you know, they were - they were a terrorist group. They - when I was kidnapped they published all of their statements about their war that they declared on the United States.
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If we pursue our habit of eating animals, and if our neighbour follows a similar path, will we need to go to war against our neighbour to secure greater pasturage, because ours will not be enough to sustain us, and our neighbour will have a similar need to wage war on us for the same reason.
