A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The principal cause of war is war itself.
Wars of any magnitude release powerful social and economic forces which can change the whole face of the world.
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.
During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set up all the necessary international machinery that would bring about a practical abolition of war between civilized nations.
War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.
War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
All war represents a failure of diplomacy.
War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.
War is not, in itself, a condition so much as the symptom of a condition - that of international anarchy.
A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.