Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would read more

If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would still say "no" to war. For one does not create a human society on mounds of corpses.

And by a prudent flight and cunning save
A life which valour could not, from the grave.
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save
A life which valour could not, from the grave.
A better buckler I can soon regain,
But who can get another life again?

Instead of breaking that bridge, we should, if possible, provide
another, that he may retire the sooner out of read more

Instead of breaking that bridge, we should, if possible, provide
another, that he may retire the sooner out of Europe.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

There was never a good war, or a bad 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.

Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.

Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no read more

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.