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Quote by Francois Mitterrand

“The problem is that the East is producing missiles and the West is producing pacifists.”

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Former President of France, politician, and lawyer. Born on October 26, 1916, in France, he passed away on January 8, 1996. Mitterrand was an influential figure in French politics, serving as President of France twice, one of the longest-serving presidents in French history. more

“I was standing next to a famed geo-politician when the first news of the Argentine attack [on the Faulkland Islands] was received, and heard him muse incredulously: "An old-fashioned naval battle. A war between two civilized nations, perhaps with even a declaration of war, and later a peace conference. Wow." No hostages, no nukes, no ideologies, no religious fanaticism; just a fair-and-square war over national interests - hard to believe, in this day and age.”

“No triumph of peace is quite so great as the supreme triumphs of war.”

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Source: The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations

“I've travelled a huge amount, but almost all of it has been through work. I spent five years stationed in London in the special services of the American Air Force, producing and directing shows for the troops, which I absolutely loved.”

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“When PLO sniper fire is followed by 14 hours of Israeli bombardment, that's stretching the definition of defensive action too far.”

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