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"This is one moral I am comfortable drawing: When the leaders who direct wars and the men who wield the weapons of war…"

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"One of the most memorable twelfth-century observations about the crusade was how comfortable the soldiers felt around…"

"Americans have always been especially prone to regard all things as resulting from the free choice of a free will. Pr…"

"Democracy is clearly most appropriate for countries which enjoy an economic surplus and least appropriate for countri…"

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