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Famous quotes containing the words wars, fourth and/or war:

    “Now his wars on God begin;
    At stroke of midnight God shall win.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “The British are a self-distrustful, diffident people, agreeing with alacrity that they are neither successful nor clever, and only modestly claiming that they have a keener sense of humour, more robust common sense, and greater staying power as a nation than all the rest of the world put together.”
    —Quoted in Fourth Leaders from the Times (1950)

    “If I had my way, this war would never have been commenced. If I had been allowed my way this war would have been ended before this.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)