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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWisdom from JC
"War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children."
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Wisdom from JC (Original Post)
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Jan 2018
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"America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Jan 2018
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discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)1. "America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America."
milestogo
(16,829 posts)2. JC?
Jesus Christ didn't say that.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)3. Jimmy Carter did
milestogo
(16,829 posts)4. Julius Caesar said
I came, I saw, I conquered.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)5. I think it's John Cena, actually.
I can hear him saying this exact thing.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)6. "I think what's going on in Guantanamo Bay...
...and other places is a disgrace to the U.S.A. I wouldn't say it's the cause of terrorism, but it has given impetus and excuses to potential terrorists to lash out at our country and justify their despicable acts."