When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

Plato

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When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

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I think it's a war for imperialist conquest. I think it's morally wrong to be going in there and be killing hundreds of thousands under false pretenses.

— Joe Hawkins