Pamela Hansford Johnson Quotes
I hated the bangs in the war: I always felt a silent war would be more tolerable.
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For nearly a century and a half, this country deluded itself into thinking that its greatest calamity, the Civil War, had nothing to do with one of its greatest sins, enslavement. It deluded itself in this manner despite available evidence to the contrary.
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One of the things I like best about Netflix is that they make projects like 'Beasts of No Nation.' It's a film about a reality in an African country where kids were being used to be soldiers in a war. And it made so much sense to me as a citizen of the world.
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When I first met Mandela, we did not discuss anything of substance; we just felt each other out. He spent a long time expressing his admiration for the Boer generals and how ingenious they were during the Anglo-Boer war.
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I'm probably the only relief pitcher who has more saves than strikeouts.
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War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
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What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect, is not?
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The idea of the European community is never face a war again.
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Only the winners decide what were war crimes.
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The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition.
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Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
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There is a clear interest within ISIS to drag Israel into a war with them. If they do so, they will be able to paint Israel as having an alliance with the states fighting against them.
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Anyone graduating from medical school in 1966 had first to fulfill military service before launching a career. Fiercely opposed to the Vietnam War, I sought to avoid it through an assignment to the Public Health Service.
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In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there was a lot of waving banners and all that. And I think in a way, just as they were enjoying that machoism of war, we were enjoying the machismo of being anti-war, you know?
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Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.
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We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq.
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I regret that I have not written more, shouted louder, and acted out my beliefs.
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Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
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I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace.
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Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation.
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I got a Super 8 camera when I was eight years old, and I just wanted to tell stories - I love telling stories.
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I wanted to avoid, special IO for terminals.
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It was like beginning life anew without the vigor and enthusiasm of youth, like learning to become left-handed in old age.
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I hated the bangs in the war: I always felt a silent war would be more tolerable.
