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Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they're so sick of the killing that they leave us and our freedoms intact.

James Mattis

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It is mostly a matter of wills. Whose will is going to break first? Ours or the enemy's?
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We can kill lots of people. We do kill lots of people. We can destroy virtually anything we choose to destroy.
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I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.
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