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War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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I really love idiot, enlightened characters - these characters who fail to engage with the drama of their immediate circumstances; they fail to be reactive and enrolled by drama as it happens around them. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

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Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

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The United States is going to defend itself under any circumstances. ↗

— Leon Panetta

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Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work - or worry. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

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Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances. ↗

— Cesare Pavese

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Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances. ↗

— Shimon Peres

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In plain words: now that Britain has told the world that she has the H-Bomb she should announce as early as possible that she has done with it, that she proposes to reject in all circumstances nuclear warfare. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

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Meanwhile, our young men and women whose economic circumstances make military service a viable career choice are dying bravely in a war with no end in sight. ↗

— Charles Rangel

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Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

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