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With words of wisdom by everyone from Socrates and Thomas Jefferson to Anne Frank, Alice Walker, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bono, The Anti-War Quote Book features more than 250 inspiring and thought-provoking arguments for peace. Here's just a small sample: On propaganda: "The first casualty, when war comes, is truth." --Hiram Johnson On empires: "Government is a tool, like a hammer. You can use a hammer to build with or you can use a hammer to destroy with." --Molly Ivins On victory: "One is left with the horrible feeling that war settles nothing, that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one." --Agatha Christie On peace: "I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it." --Dwight D. Eisenhower Featuring a big, bold graphic design, archival photographs of peace rallies, and images of classic protest posters from around the world, The Anti-War Quote Book is guaranteed to fuel conversations as the election of 2008 unfolds.Groves, Eric is the author of 'Anti-War Quote Book', published 2008 under ISBN 9781594742293 and ISBN 1594742294.
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