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The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.
The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.
When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, read more
When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war. War settles nothing.
 Gaily! gaily! close our ranks!
 Arm! Advance!
  Hope of France!
   Gaily! gaily! closed our read more 
 Gaily! gaily! close our ranks!
 Arm! Advance!
  Hope of France!
   Gaily! gaily! closed our ranks!
    Onward! Onward! Gauls and Franks! 
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.
Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That read more
Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.
The final war will be between Pavlov's dog and Schoedinger's Cat.
The final war will be between Pavlov's dog and Schoedinger's Cat.
It is not only the living who are killed in war.rn
It is not only the living who are killed in war.rn
 It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that 
this is war.  
 It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that 
this is war. 
In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.
In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.