I doubt whether any of these people, with their academic or dogmatic hatred of war, detest it as much as I do. They probably have not seen the bodies rotting on the ground and smelled the stench of decaying human flesh...What separates me from the pacifists is that I hate the Nazis more than I hate war.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

On pacifists.

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Pacifism and nonviolence War

Author

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Citation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. Letter to Arthur Eisenhower. 2 July. 1943.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. Farewell address. 17 Jan. 1961, The White House, Washington, DC, USA. Broadcast.

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Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.

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Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

George S. Patton

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George S. Patton
Medium
Speech
Genre
Military speech
Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
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I am condemned to be free.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Jean-Paul Sartre
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Being and Nothingness
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
French
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Le etre et le neant: Essai d'ontologie phenomenologique [Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology]. Librairie Gallimard, 1943, pt. 4, ch. 1.

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Sartre, Jean Paul. Being and Nothingness, translated by Sarah Richmond. Washington Square Press, 2021, pt. 4, ch. 1.