War!
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing.

Edwin Starr

War

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Topic

Anti-war War

Speaker

Edwin Starr

Source

War War & Peace (album)

Medium

Song

Genre

Protest song Soul music

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Musician

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Strong, Barett and Norman Whitfield. "War." Performed by The Temptations. Psychedelic Shack. Gordy, 1970.

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The earth is what we all have in common.

Wendell Berry

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Topic
The world Interconnectedness of all things

Author

Wendell Berry
Source
The Unsettling of America
Language
English
Time
1977 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Berry, Wendell. The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture. Sierra Club Books, 1977, ch. 7.

Another quote about War

Carthage must be destroyed.

Cato the Elder

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Topic
War
Speaker
Cato the Elder

Author

Plutarch
Source
Plutarch's Lives
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Declaration
Language
Latin
Time
149 BC 140s BC 2nd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Cato the Elder. Speech within the Roman Senate prior to the Third Punic War. c. 149 BC, Rome, Italy.