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— Napoleon Bonaparte"The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from triumph to ruin."
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All Governments rest mainly on public opinion, and to that of his own subjects every wise Sovereign will look. The opinion of his subjects will force a Sovereign to do his duty, and by that opinion will he be exalted or depressed in the politics of the world.
— Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
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When the United Nations was born it was believed to be a positive instrument for peace. From this exalted position it became an organization in which nations would at least keep talking instead of shooting. Soon it was discovered ... that words were as deadly as any weapon, and when these words had a number of interpretations they could and did lead to conflict.
— Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
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