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those who haven’t the slightest intention of fighting it themselves,
and those who haven’t the slightest idea what it is"

"judge us not equally, Abraham." - Henry
"I can see a man's purpose, Abraham. It is my gift. I can see it as clearly as I see you standing before me now. Your purpose is to fight tyranny... And mine is to see that you win." - Henry
"I do not expect I shall ever again have the opportunity of defending and murdering a client in the same day." - Abe (this one made me laugh)

I agree, I think it fit perfectly as the last line of the book.


"You've killed us."
"On the contrary I've killed him."
"More will come."
"Then I shall need more stakes."

*if I'm not mistaken but I think it has the same sense but different construction of words.

those who haven’t the slightest intention of fighting it themselves,
and those who haven’t the slightest idea what it is""
Harley wrote: ""There are but two types of men who desire war:
those who haven’t the slightest intention of fighting it themselves,
and those who haven’t the slightest idea what it is""
Possibly, truer words were never uttered..kldMiller

I agree, I ..."
Yes, way too interesting for us not to learn something from their words...their actions.


those who haven’t the slightest intention of fighting it themselves,
and those who haven’t the slightest idea what it is"
I absolutely loved this line. I loved it so much that I read it three more times before moving on in the text.

I fear that a life of death has made me numb to both.
For me, it was just one of those lines that you have to read twice and then it just sticks with you long after you finish the book.
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