We Decry Violence All The Time In This Country, But Look At Our History. We Were Born In A Violent Revolution, And We've Been In Wars Ever Since. We're Not A Pacific People. - SearchQuotes

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We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and we've been in wars ever since. We're not a pacific people.

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