A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies.

The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies.

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, read more

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.

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.

Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.

Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.

How good bad music and bad reasons sound when we march against an enemy.

How good bad music and bad reasons sound when we march against an enemy.

The real war will never get in the books.

The real war will never get in the books.

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.