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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling, which thinks that nothing is worth war, is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. —John Stuart Mill (1868)

"Love one another as I have loved you. There is no greater love than a man laying down his life for his friends." - John 15:12-13

my screen is all blurry - but those sparkingly words still shine thru! Thank you!

686 posted on 09/25/2005 11:41:40 AM PDT by Zacs Mom (Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")

by the exertions of better men than himself

Truer words were never spoken.

1,483 posted on 09/25/2005 4:20:48 PM PDT by CDB ("Something there is that doesn't love a wall"--Robert Frost - NOT Jamie Gorelick)