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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.
She is a wall of brass;
You shall not pass! You shall not pass!
Spring up like read more
She is a wall of brass;
You shall not pass! You shall not pass!
Spring up like Summer grass,
Surge at her, mass on mass,
Still shall you break like glass,
Splinter and break like shivered glass,
But pass?
You shall not pass!
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.
In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.
In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.
War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.
When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.
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.
Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only read more
Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder.
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
