Thoughts To Ponder

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"The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do." : Samuel P. Huntington

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"Beat me with the truth, don't torture me with lies": Author - Unknown

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"Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school. And the one man who dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool." - Plato (429-347 BC)

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"War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." - John F. Kennedy

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"The Greatest Purveyor of Violence in the World Today is My Government" - Rev. Dr. Marin Luther King jr.

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"The chief evil of war is more evil. War is the concentration of all human crimes. Here is its distinguishing, accursed brand. Under its standard gather violence, malignity, rage, fraud, perfidy, rapacity, and lust. " - William Ellery Channing

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"Only the winners decide what were war crimes." - Gary Wills

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" Although most Americans may be largely ignorant of what was, and still is, being done in their names, all are likely to pay a steep price-individually and collectively-for their nation's continued efforts to dominate the global scene." - Chalmers Johnson

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"The violent subjugation of the Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghans will only ensure that those who oppose us will increasingly speak to us in the language we speak to them-violence." - Chris Hedges

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"How can you have a war on terrorism when war itself is terrorism?" - Howard Zinn