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Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.
Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore read more
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.
The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.
The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.
The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.
Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.
Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.
You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by read more
You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten that the wars were fought by babies. When I saw those freashly shaved faces, it was a shock. 'My God, my God —' I said to myself, 'it's the Children's Crusade.'
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.
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.