"The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest."

-- Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

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“The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it not have material and spiritual evil as its consequences which far exceed whatever good might result? When will our moralists give us an answer to this question?”

Source : John Hersey (2015). “Hiroshima [Illustrated Edition]”, p.31, Pickle Partners Publishing
“All we actually have is our body and its muscles that allow us to be under our own power.”
“A photographic portrait needs more collaboration between sitter and artist than a painted portrait.”

Source : Alvin Langdon Coburn, Alison Gernsheim (1978). “Alvin Langdon Coburn, Photographer: An Autobiography with Over 70 Reproductions of His Works”, p.24, Courier Corporation
“The president elect [Donald Trump] says that will lead to more investment and growth. Skeptics say the tax plan would explode deficits.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“Sometimes when we are labeled, when we are branded our brand becomes our calling.”
“You have to be precise. You have to be specific, but you want to be accurate. That is first and foremost. You want to be on top of the story, but words do matter.”
“In the home begins the disruption of the peace of the world.”
“All land, no matter what has happened to it, has over it a grace, an absolutely persistent beauty.”

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