“A man doesn't say I will starve myself to death to keep from starving, or that he'd spend all of his money to save money. Why should he be willing to die for the privilege of living?”

— Dalton Trumbo , book Johnny Got His Gun

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American screenwriter and novelist 1905–1976

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