The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! — Patrick Henry

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Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us. — Wilma Rudolph

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And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. — Taylor Swift

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Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed - but hate these things in yourself, not in another.

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Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes! — William H. Prescott

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Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.

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10 ways to love: listen, speak, give, pray, answer, share, enjoy, trust, forgive, promise.

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There are plenty of good reasons for fighting...but no good reason to ever hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty hates with you, too. Where's evil? It's that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side. It's that part of every man that finds all kinds of ugliness so attractive....it's that part of an imbecile that punishes and vilifies and makes war gladly.

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Don't wait for miracles, your whole life is a miracle.

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