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And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars — all over Europe, all over the world. read more
And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars — all over Europe, all over the world. 'Sometimes in the private interest of royal families,' Satan said, 'sometimes to crush a weak nation; but never a war started by the aggressor for any clean purpose — there is no such war in the history of the race.
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?
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.
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
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.
And by a prudent flight and cunning save
A life which valour could not, from the grave.
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save
A life which valour could not, from the grave.
A better buckler I can soon regain,
But who can get another life again?
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.'
Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.
Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.
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.
