The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.

The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

Traditional nationalism cannot survive the fissioning of the atom. One world or none.

Traditional nationalism cannot survive the fissioning of the atom. One world or none.

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.

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.... Secondly, a read more

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.... Secondly, a just cause.... Thirdly ... a rightful intention.

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.'

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.