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“For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war.”

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Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.”

“Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.”

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Book:Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

Source: Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

“All American wars (except the Civil War) have been fought with the odds overwhelmingly in favor of the Americans. In the history of armed combat such affairs as the Mexican and Spanish-American Wars must be ranked, not as wars at all, but as organized assassinations. In the two World Wars, no American faced a bullet until his adversaries had been worn down by years of fighting others.”

“The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.”

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Author:Stonewall Jackson

“What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.”

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Book:The Life and Letters of Robert E. Lee (Abridged)

Source: The Life and Letters of Robert E. Lee (Abridged)

“To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.”

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Author:Abraham Lincoln

“What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world.”

Source: The Life and Letters of Robert E. Lee (Abridged)

“Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.”

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Author:Abraham Lincoln