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War is sweet to those who don’t know it.

—Erasmus, 1508

Soldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.

—William Cecil, Lord Burghley, c. 1555

I detest war. It spoils armies.

—Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, c. 1820

Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.

—Winston Churchill, 1939
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