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Room 40 knew a U-boat was heading south to Liverpool - knew the boat's history; knew that it was now somewhere in the North Atlantic under orders to sink troop transports and any other British vessel it encountered; and knew as well that the submarine was armed with enough shells and torpedoes to sink a dozen ships.

~Erik Larson

Topics: Any Armed Atlantic Boat British Dozen Encountered Enough Heading History Knew Liverpool North Now Orders Other Room Shells Ships Sink Somewhere South Submarine Troop Vessel Well

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There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.

~Ernest Hemingway

Topics: Anything Anything Else Armed Care Else Enough Hunted Hunting Like Liked Long Man Men Never Thereafter Those Who

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These men were religious when the spirit of religion was buried in forms and ceremonies, and when the priesthood had armed itself with the civil powers to put down all opposition, and suppress all freedom, intellectual, civil, and religious.

~Ethan A. Hitchcock

Topics: Armed Buried Ceremonies Civil Down Forms Freedom Had Intellectual Itself Men Opposition Powers Priesthood Put Religion Religious Spirit Suppress Were

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Educated women armed with computers have defeated extremists by denying them a monopoly to define cultural identity and interpret religious texts. No extremist can say that women are inferior to men without being made a laughingstock on Al Jazeera. Islam insisted on equality between everyone.

~Fatema Mernissi

Topics: Al Al Jazeera Armed Being Between Computers Cultural Defeated Define Denying Educated Equality Everyone Extremist Extremists Identity Inferior Insisted Interpret Islam Made Men Monopoly Religious Say Texts Them Without Women Women Are

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Although we resolutely supported the armed struggle against Batista's tyranny, we were, on principle, opposed to any terrorist action that could cause the death of innocent people.

~Fidel Castro

Topics: Action Against Although Any Armed Cause Could Death Innocent Innocent People Opposed People Principle Resolutely Struggle Supported Terrorist Tyranny Were

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In some sense, when you take a child soldier out of an armed group, you've taken away the identity he or she has had for years, and you can't assume life is just going to return to normal.

~Forest Whitaker

Topics: Armed Assume Away Child Going Group Had He He Or She Identity Just Life Normal Out Return Sense She Soldier Some Take Taken Years You

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People have to be armed to have power, you see.

~Fred Hampton

Topics: Armed People Power See You

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What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.

~Gene Fowler

Topics: Among Armed Balloon Children Pins Success Toy

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With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed.

~Georg C. Lichtenberg

Topics: Armed Been Hand Others Pen Successfully Sword Which

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The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, 'culture.'

~George Grosz

Topics: Against Among Armed Bourgeoisie Culture Other Petty Proletariat Rising Themselves Things

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