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War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.
War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.
Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
'What war?' said the Prime Minister sharply. 'No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think read more
'What war?' said the Prime Minister sharply. 'No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think I should have been told. I'll be damned,' he said defiantly, 'if they shall have a war without consulting me. What's a cabinet for, if there's not more mutual confidence than that? What do they want a war for anyway?'
War is the science of destruction.
War is the science of destruction.
The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.
The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.
I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these read more
I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that we held if suddenly there was a threat to this world from another planet. [We'd] find out once and for all that we really are all human beings here on this earth together.
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.
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.
If I am asked what we are fighting for, I can reply in two
sentences. In the first place, read more
If I am asked what we are fighting for, I can reply in two
sentences. In the first place, to fulfil a solemn international
obligation . . . an obligation of honor which no self-respecting
man could possibly have repudiated. I say, secondly, we are
fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are
not to be crushed in defiance of international good faith at the
arbitrary will of a strong and overmastering Power.
