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.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.

Only two great groups of animals, men and ants, indulge in highly organized mass warfare.

Only two great groups of animals, men and ants, indulge in highly organized mass warfare.

Fighting men are the city's fortress.

Fighting men are the city's fortress.

We make war that we may live in peace.

We make war that we may live in peace.

There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so read more

There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.

When war is declared, truth is the first casualty.

When war is declared, truth is the first casualty.

The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers read more

The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers and listeners to come away with. What's it like to be that goofy little soldier, scared stiff, with his bayonet aimed at Christ? What's it like to have been a woman in a defense-plant job during World War II? What's it like to be a kid at the front lines? It's all funny and tragic at the same time.

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.... Secondly, a read more

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.... Secondly, a just cause.... Thirdly ... a rightful intention.