"Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it."
-Pope John Paul II
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"War is a defeat for humanity."
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"I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived."
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