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"If defense is the stronger form of war, yet has a negative object, it follows that it should be used only so long as weakness compels, and be abandoned as soon as we are strong enough to pursue a positive object."
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"Although the shooting war is over, we are in the midst of a cold war which is getting warmer."
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