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1 " Fine.” Desjani sighed. “Admiral, I recommend we get our intelligence officer up here to see if he can craft lovely poems for the singing spider wolves. "
― Jack Campbell , Leviathan (The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier, #5)
2 " it is well that war is so terrible, because otherwise people would grow too fond of it, "
3 " all of the garbage associated with that, "
4 " An ancient military leader supposedly once said that it is well that war is so terrible, because otherwise people would grow too fond of it, "
5 " We always look at it backwards, don’t we?” Rione raised an eyebrow at him. “Look at what backwards?” “Democracies. Voting. People are always talking about demanding more and better performance from elected officials, but when you get right down to it, shouldn’t a democracy demand more and better performance from the citizens who vote? If they do their job well, then the quality of those they elect will naturally follow.” “I suppose.” She shook "
6 " The leaders have to be worthy, have to avoid the temptations of power, have to be honest even when the people don’t want honesty. "
7 " The price of war goes on, too. Histories tend to calculate that in terms of money and casualties during the war, not in terms of what it does to those who fight and experience the wars. "
