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Famous quotes containing the words years, war and/or peace:

    “Are you more likely to tolerate drivel than you were four years ago? I think the answer is yes. Four years of Reagan has deadened the senses against a barrage of uninterrupted nonsense.”
    —Alexander Cockburn (b. 1941)

    “There never was a good war or a bad peace.”
    —Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

    “Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace—but a peace I hope with honour.”
    —Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)