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.'

We will fight them in the air, land and sea, and their aggression
will achieve nothing but failure.

We will fight them in the air, land and sea, and their aggression
will achieve nothing but failure.

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful

If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful

All of us who served in one war or another know very well that all wars are the glory and read more

All of us who served in one war or another know very well that all wars are the glory and the agony of the young.

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.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

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.

The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.

The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.