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If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful
If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful
Where is it written in the Constitution that you may take children from their parents, and parents from their children, read more
Where is it written in the Constitution that you may take children from their parents, and parents from their children, and compel them to fight the battles of any war in which the folly or wickedness of government may engage it?
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.
Wars are caused by undefended wealth.
Wars are caused by undefended wealth.
Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no read more
When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no end in sight, only the hope that out of it all some good would accrue to mankind kept men and nations fighting. When at last it was over, the war had many diverse results and one dominant one transcending all others: disillusion.
Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.
Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.
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.
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.