It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.

Robert E. Lee
It is well that war is so terrible, or we...
It is well that war is so terrible, or we...
It is well that war is so terrible, or we...
It is well that war is so terrible, or we...
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In the 1700s, Thomas Paine wrote that war was a state of being that should be avoided at all costs. He opposed armies and thought them unnecessary. He believed that having a military weapons would only create conflict.

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