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War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.
War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a read more
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
Let who will boast their courage in the field,
I find but little safety from my shield,
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Let who will boast their courage in the field,
I find but little safety from my shield,
Nature's, not honour's law we must obey:
This made me cast my useless shield away.
Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.
Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.
The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from red read more
The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from red people.
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.
O great corrector of enormous times,
Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider
Of dusty and old read more
O great corrector of enormous times,
Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider
Of dusty and old titles, that healest with blood
The earth when it is sick, and curest the world
O' the pleurisy of people.
No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.
No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.
From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.
From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.