If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful

If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful

Where is the indignation about the fact that the United States and Soviet Union have accumulated thirty thousand pounds of read more

Where is the indignation about the fact that the United States and Soviet Union have accumulated thirty thousand pounds of destructive force for every human being in the world?

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.

The day when nobody comes back from a war it will be because the war has at last been properly read more

The day when nobody comes back from a war it will be because the war has at last been properly organized.

The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.

The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.

It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be read more

It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash.

If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?

If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?

If war should sweep our commerce from the seas, another generation will restore it. If war exhausts our treasury, future read more

If war should sweep our commerce from the seas, another generation will restore it. If war exhausts our treasury, future industry will replenish it. If war desiccate and lay waste our fields, under new cultivation they will grow green again and ripen to future harvest. If the walls of yonder Capitol should fall and its decorations be covered by the dust of battle, all these can be rebuilt. But who shall reconstruct the fabric of a demolished government; who shall dwell in the well-proportioned columns of constitutional liberty; who shall frame together the skillful architecture which unites sovereignty with state's rights, individual security with prosperity?

When war is declared, truth is the first casualty.

When war is declared, truth is the first casualty.