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.

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.

We have to go along a road covered with blood. We have no other alternative. For us it is a read more

We have to go along a road covered with blood. We have no other alternative. For us it is a matter of life or death, a matter of living or existing. We have to be ready to face the challenges that await us.

All quiet along the Potomac they say
Except now and then a stray picket
Is shot as read more

All quiet along the Potomac they say
Except now and then a stray picket
Is shot as he walks on his beat, to and fro,
By a rifleman hid in the thicket.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.

Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.