A Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not.

Kurt Vonnegut

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Kurt Vonnegut
American - Writer
November 11, 1922 - April 11, 2007

Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not. So I will throw Veterans' Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don't want to throw away any sacred things. What else is sacred? Oh, Romeo and Juliet, for instance. And all music is.

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