"They have always taught and trained you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have yourselves slaughtered at their command. But in all the history of the world you, the people, have never had a voice in declaring war, and strange as it certainly appears, no war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people." - Eugene Debs:  - Socialist candidate for president, June 16, 1918 - The speech led to Debs's being stripped of his citizenship and sent to jail for 10 years.

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"One death is a tragedy, but a million deaths are a statistic."- Josef Stalin - (1879-1953) Communist leader of the USSR

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"It may be your intent to be our masters; how can it be ours to be your slaves?" - Melians - Source: Melians to Athenians, Peloponnesian War, 431 BC

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"If I were the president, I could stop terrorist attacks against the United States in a few days. Permanently. I would first apologize to all the widows and orphans, the tortured and impoverished, and all the many millions of other victims of American imperialism. Then I would announce, in all sincerity, to every corner of the world, that America's global interventions have come to an end, and inform Israel that it is no longer the 51st state of the USA but now -- oddly enough -- a foreign country.  would then reduce the military budget by at least 90% and use the savings to pay reparations to the victims. There would be more than enough money.  One year's military budget of 330 billion dollars is equal to more than $18,000 an hour for every hour since Jesus Christ was born.  That's what I'd do on my first three days in the White House.  On the fourth day, I'd be assassinated." --William Blum, author of "Killing Hope:  U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II," and "Rogue State:  A Guide to the World's Only Superpower"