Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman. . . never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.
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No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
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Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
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