When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no end in sight, only the hope that out of it all some good would accrue to mankind kept men and nations fighting. When at last it was over, the war had many diverse results and one dominant one transcending all others: disillusion.
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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.
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.
The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.
We make war that we may live in peace.
We make war that we may live in peace.
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All of us who served in one war or another know very well that all wars are the glory and the agony of the young.
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Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
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I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
