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• One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  War, Society, Vietnam

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• Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side.

  Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

  War, Numbers, Sides

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• The issue of terrorism must be dealt with firmly. We must work very hard to avoid loss of life. We must work very hard to avoid civilian casualties. And those terrorists and Baathists are holding the people of Fallujah hostage. We must release the hostages.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Loss, Hostage Crisis, Issues

  "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 25, 2004.

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• As in any war, there have been dreadful mistakes and civilian casualties. The difference is when Israelis kill innocents they apologize; when Hezbollah kills innocents they celebrate.

  J. D. Hayworth

  War, Mistake, Apology

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• Gen. Tommy Franks Says That If The United States Is Hit With A Weapon Of Mass Destruction That Inflicts Large Casualties, The Constitution Will Likely Be Discarded In Favor Of A Military Form Of Government

  Tommy Franks

  Military, Government, Mass Destruction

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• It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance.

  L. Neil Smith

  War, Lying, Reality

  "Empire of Lies" by L. Neil Smith, www.ncc-1776.org. June 22, 2003.

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• I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age.

  James Ellroy

  Hurt, Stress, Writing

  James Ellroy (2012). “Conversations with James Ellroy”, p.55, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general.

  Ferdinand Foch

  Military, Train, Majors

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• Suicide bombers caused us more than 50 percent of our casualties. The fence works. There is a decline in the number of those terrorist attacks against Israelis.

  Silvan Shalom

  Suicide, Numbers, Bombers

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• You know, there have been a lot of casualties in rock-n-roll.

  Warren Cuccurullo

  Rocks, Rock N Roll, Knows

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• So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight it. Their service should be honored.

  Paul Begala

  War, Fighting, Important

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• Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could use WMDs, is by acquiring information that allows for pre-emptive action.

  John Yoo

  Mean, Wmd, Goal

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• No one talked about the fact that in this year under the Obama administration you've seen the highest casualties in Afghanistan. And the fact that it took him almost 90 days to figure out what his strategy is going to be was absolutely appalling.

  Allen West

  Years, Administration, Facts

  "Fiery Speech Thrusts Congressional Candidate Into National Spotlight". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. December 15, 2009.

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• They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense since it implies that in times of peace truth stays out of the sick bay or the graveyard.

  Alexander Cockburn

  War, Sick, Firsts

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• Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties.

  John Irving

  Writing, Stories, Victim

  "Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews (Eighth Series)". Book edited by George Plimpton, 1988.

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• I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind.

  George C. Marshall

  Mind, Results, Careful

  "George C. Marshall: Global Commander". Forrest C. Pogue, 1968.

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• To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.

  T. E. Lawrence

  Waste, Action, Sin

  T. E. Lawrence (2015). “Seven Pillars of Wisdom & The Evolution of a Revolt (Complete Edition with Original Illustrations and Maps): Lawrence of Arabia's Account and Memoirs of the Arab Revolt and Guerrilla Warfare during World War One”, p.124, e-artnow

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• I had no illusions about love anymore. It came, it went, it left casualties or it didn't. People weren't meant to be together forever, regardless of what the songs say.

  Sarah Dessen

  Song, People, Forever

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.45, Penguin

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• Don't take the casual approach to life. Casualness leads to casualties.

  Jim Rohn

  Self Motivation, Casual, Approach

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 06, 2017

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• Memory is the first casualty of middle age, if I remember correctly.

  Candice Bergen

  Memories, Age, Firsts

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• Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty.

  Jeff Greenfield

  War, Firsts, Truth Is

  Jeff Greenfield (1996). “The People's Choice”, Plume Books

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• Their casualties and bodies are many. Their equipment and vehicles, several were destroyed.

  Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

  Funny, Military, Body

  "Information minister: Iraq still controls airport". www.cnn.com. April 6, 2003.

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• They are achieving nothing, they are suffering from casualties. Those casualties are increasing, not decreasing

  Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

  Funny, Military, Suffering

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• Having always observed that most of them who constantly took in the weekly Bills of Mortality made little other use of them than to look at the foot how the burials increased or decreased, and among the Casualties what had happened, rare and extraordinary, in the week current; so as they might take the same as a Text to talk upon in the next company, and withal in the Plague-time, how the Sickness increased or decreased, that the Rich might judg of the necessity of their removal, and Trades-men might conjecture what doings they were likely to have in their respective dealings.

  John Graunt

  Science, Men, Feet

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• Freedom is often the first casualty of war.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  War, Firsts

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