Benjamin Graham (1894–1976) American investor
Part II, Chapter VIII, Ultimate Uses of the Stored Units, p. 97
Storage and Stability (1937)
“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.”
Undated Letter to a Navy friend http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Ready-Reference/JFK-Quotations.aspx; also mentioned by William Safire in his "On Language" article "Warrior" in the New York Times rubric Magazines (26 August 2007) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/magazine/26wwln-safire-t.html; also in A Thousand Days : John F. Kennedy in the White House (1965), by Arthur Schlesinger, p. 88 http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Quotations.aspx <br class="br">Pre-1960
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