If I am asked what we are fighting for, I can reply in two
sentences. In the first place, to fulfil a solemn international
obligation . . . an obligation of honor which no self-respecting
man could possibly have repudiated. I say, secondly, we are
fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are
not to be crushed in defiance of international good faith at the
arbitrary will of a strong and overmastering Power.
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We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.
We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.
The real war will never get in the books.
The real war will never get in the books.
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What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.
He who flies at the right time can fight again.
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He who flies at the right time can fight again.
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Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.
Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.
In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.
In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
It is not only the living who are killed in war.rn
It is not only the living who are killed in war.rn
No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.
No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.
