"The enemies you make by taking a decided stand generally have more respect for you than the friends you make by being on the fence." - Henry Litvin

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"There are no atheists in foxholes." - William Thomas Cummings

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"It won't hurt you. It's just to kill plants. It's called Agent Orange...and it won't bother humans." - Karl Marlantes

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"And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades." - Robert M. Gates

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"In times of war, you often hear leaders—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim—saying, ‘God is on our side.’ But that isn’t true. In war, God is on the side of refugees, widows, and orphans." - Greg Mortenson

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"Our parson is not afraid of Yankee bullets, and I tell you he preaches like hell." - Andrew J. Grigsby

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