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An Army of Trumpeters would give as great a Strength to a Cause, as this Confederacy of Tongue-Warriours; who like those military Musicians, content themselves with animating their Friends to Battel, and run out of the Engagement upon the first Onset.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
The Freeholder, No. 28 (1716-03-26)
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Regarding those supporting the Jacobite risings of the late 17th and early 18th Centuries.
 
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When I read that we will fight the Japs for years if necessary and will sacrifice hundreds of thousands if we must, I always like to check from where he’s talking: it’s seldom from out here.

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) US President (1961-63)
Letter to his parents (Fall 1943)
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While Kennedy was a US Navy Lieutenant (j.g), shortly before the invasion of Tarawa.
 
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