She was beautifully, delicately made,So small, so unafraid,Till the bomb came.Bombs are the same,Beautifully, delicately made.

Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
 all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.

In modern fantasy (literary or governmental), killing people is the usual solution to the so-called war between good and evil.

Mud and water and the stumps of trees. In every direction that was all there was. Bodies fell, but the trees died standing up.

Capitalism is destroying the planet. The two old tricks that dug it out of past crises--War and Shopping--simply will not work.

After all, no one is stupid enough to prefer war to peace; in peace sons bury their fathers and in war fathers bury their sons.

A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return.

Rather, both sides fought as soldiers fought in most wars--for survival, and to protect the men who had become extended family.

I have a protective coating, like a tank. It’s called Love. And when I get you naked, I’ll want to make war to you.

Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.

A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.

Wojna to trochę rzeźnia, a trochę rutyna i nie ma co czepiać się zanadto szczegółów.

It’s hard to hear over the racket of gunfire. Politicians want to talk about war, but the people want to talk about peace.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.

Statul!... Statul care ucide!... În spate statul nostru, în față statul dușman, și la mijloc noi