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No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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We shall enter into any war with a full consciousness of the awful consequences that it always entails, whether successful or not, and we, of course, shall make every effort consistent with national honor and the highest national interest to avoid a resort to arms.
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It is notorious that a single successful effort of moral volition, such as saying 'no' to some habitual temptation, or performing some courageous act, will launch a man on a higher level of energy for days and weeks, will give him a new range of power.
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War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed; peace is preferable to war in almost every contingency.
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To not only take risks, but to be open to life. To accept new views and to be open to new opinions.