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Wars are caused by undefended wealth.
Wars are caused by undefended wealth.
Fighting men are the city's fortress.
Fighting men are the city's fortress.
As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on read more
As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound read more
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
Carry on, carry on, for the men and boys are gone,
But the furrow shan't lie fallow while the read more
Carry on, carry on, for the men and boys are gone,
But the furrow shan't lie fallow while the women carry on.
The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.
The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.
The next World War will be fought with stones.
The next World War will be fought with stones.
All quiet along the Potomac they say
Except now and then a stray picket
Is shot as read more
All quiet along the Potomac they say
Except now and then a stray picket
Is shot as he walks on his beat, to and fro,
By a rifleman hid in the thicket.
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.