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You can't buy peace by just wishing it and avoiding the challenges that other nations present to you.

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Fred Thompson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1942
Born: August 19
Died: 2015
Died: November 1
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Former United States Senator
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Alabama
Freddie Dalton Thompson
Fred Dalton Thompson
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Cyberspace is the battlefield of tomorrow... Instead of confronting us head-to-head on the traditional battlefield, adversaries will confront the U.S. at its point of least resistance- our information infrastructure.
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This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.
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