"And the evil is done in hopes that evil surrenders but the deeds of the devil are burned too deep in the embers and a world of hunger in vengeance will always remember So please be reassured, we seek no wider war, we seek no wider war."
— Phil Ochs

January 1, 1970

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Note: The song title alludes to a speech by Lyndon Johnson (17 February 1965), in which he said, referring to the war in Vietnam: "We have no ambition there for ourselves, we seek no wider war."