"Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce."

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Source : Richard Cobden (1854). “Russia and the Eastern Question”, p.33

Richard Cobden

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“Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it's Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It's just the beat that changes.”
“If I weren't playing baseball, I would be a radio or sports broadcaster. In college at South Carolina I did some stuff with the radio station and really liked it.”
“Of course I want to be [prime minister].”

Source : "Jeremy Corbyn faces shadow cabinet mutiny over Trident". www.telegraph.co.uk. September 30, 2015.
“Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that.”

Source : "Caroline Corr of The Corrs". Interview with Billy Amendola, www.moderndrummer.com.
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“I don't understand these new coaches who don't drink. What do they do when they get beat?”
“To anyone who has ever been owned by a cat, it will come as no surprise that there are all sorts of things about your cat you will never, as long as you live, forget. Not the least of these is your first sight of him or her.”

Source : Cleveland Amory (2002). “The cat who came for Christmas ; The cat and the curmudgeon ; The best cat ever”
“The gods sustain and guide all their works.”

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