“My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a greater danger at home and abroad.”
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So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.
All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of our time. The aggressor is always on the other side.
All oppression creates a state of war.
I get offered a World War II movie at least once a week just because I speak German and was born there. I have always stayed away from it because I didn't want to be put into that box.