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It is not enough just to be for peace. The point is, what can we do about it?

— Richard Nixon

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What are our schools for if not for indoctrination against communism?

The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.

A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

Any nation that decides the only way to achieve peace is through peaceful means is a nation that will soon be a piece of another nation.

No More Vietnams (1987)

Oh, when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.

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The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

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To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

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