I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.

Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment read more

Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment that it broke out, believing that it would be a great war, and more memorable than any that had preceded it.

If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful

If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful

It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it.

It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it.

Instead of breaking that bridge, we should, if possible, provide
another, that he may retire the sooner out of read more

Instead of breaking that bridge, we should, if possible, provide
another, that he may retire the sooner out of Europe.

War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.

War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only read more

Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder.

Fighting men are the city's fortress.

Fighting men are the city's fortress.