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I do not - I never believed it's better to kill a terrorist than to detain him. We want to detain as many terrorists as possible so we can elicit the intelligence from them in the appropriate manner so that we can disrupt follow-on terrorist attacks.
Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.
Quotes By Thor Heyerdahl
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I was in uniform for four years and I know that heroism doesn't occur from...
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Those who have experienced the most have suffered so much that they have...
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A civilized nation can have no enemies and one cannot draw a line across a...
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One learns more from listening than speaking.And both the wind and the people...
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It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of...
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In my experience it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of...
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Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication...
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I have never been able to grasp the meaning of time. I don't believe it...
Quotes About War
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All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the...
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There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing...
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And of course in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans...
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I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States...
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How do you tell troops who volunteered to fight for our freedoms that the...
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I have always been willing to admit when I made a mistake. I made a mistake...