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Will Rogers on War

1879–1935 United States

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You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way.

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Wit (2003)

Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it.

You can't say civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way.

The Autobiography of Will Rogers (1949)

The United States never lost a war or won a conference.

I am a peace man. I haven't got any use for wars and there is no more humor in 'em than there is reason for 'em.

I have always said that a conference was held for one reason only, to give everybody a chance to get sore at everybody else. Sometimes it takes two or three conferences to scare up a war, but generally one will do it.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Will Rogers (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.