“The words fill my head, and fall to the floor, that if God's on our side, he'll stop the next war.”

—  Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964), With God On Our Side

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American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist 1941

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