Sunday, July 3, 2011

War

When, after many battles past,
Both, tired with blows, make peace at last,
What is it, after all, the people get?
Why! Taxes, widows, wooden legs and debt.
Source: Samuel B. Pettengill or 1829, Moore's Almanac, under Monthly Observations
Taken From: LRC Blog, Lew Rockwell, July 2nd 2011

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