Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.

Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward read more

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labours of peace.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

I would not want to be the one to tell parents of the last
man to die in a war read more

I would not want to be the one to tell parents of the last
man to die in a war termed a mistake that he was dead.

The fiercest agonies have shortest reign;
And after dreams of horror, comes again
The welcome morning with read more

The fiercest agonies have shortest reign;
And after dreams of horror, comes again
The welcome morning with its rays of peace.

Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations — entangling alliances with none.

Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations — entangling alliances with none.

You bring young men together.. put them in a confined
space.. and then give them a license to kill
(re read more

You bring young men together.. put them in a confined
space.. and then give them a license to kill
(re war).

Rob Helb served as an Army Air Corps gunner and lost an arm over the oil fields of Turkey. After read more

Rob Helb served as an Army Air Corps gunner and lost an arm over the oil fields of Turkey. After crashing, he asked a crew member to retrieve his bloodied and severed arm so he could remove from its wrist the gold watch his father had given him.

O for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade;
Where rumor of oppression read more

O for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade;
Where rumor of oppression and deceit,
Of unsuccessful or successful war,
Might never reach me more.