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She is a wall of brass;
You shall not pass! You shall not pass!
Spring up like read more
She is a wall of brass;
You shall not pass! You shall not pass!
Spring up like Summer grass,
Surge at her, mass on mass,
Still shall you break like glass,
Splinter and break like shivered glass,
But pass?
You shall not pass!
War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.
War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.
Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.
Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.
We make war that we may live in peace.
We make war that we may live in peace.
Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.
Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.
We are at war between consciousness and nature, between the desire for permanence and the fact of flux. It is read more
We are at war between consciousness and nature, between the desire for permanence and the fact of flux. It is ourself against ourselves.
In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.
In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.
What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder read more
What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.