We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.

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.

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers read more

The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers and listeners to come away with. What's it like to be that goofy little soldier, scared stiff, with his bayonet aimed at Christ? What's it like to have been a woman in a defense-plant job during World War II? What's it like to be a kid at the front lines? It's all funny and tragic at the same time.

War is cruel and you cannot refine it. •William T. Sherman War is too serious a matter to read more

War is cruel and you cannot refine it. •William T. Sherman War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.

If you are going to try to go to war, or to prepare for war, in a capitalist country, you read more

If you are going to try to go to war, or to prepare for war, in a capitalist country, you have got to let business make money out of the process or business won't work. •Henry Lewis Stimson War is like love, it always finds a way.

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to read more

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.

'Twas in Trafalgar's bay
The saucy Frenchmen lay.

'Twas in Trafalgar's bay
The saucy Frenchmen lay.