War is not the quintessential emergency in which man has to prove himself, as my generation learned at its school desks in the days of the Kaiser; rather, peace is the emergency in which we all have to prove ourselves.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life.
I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
War is an arena for the display of courage and virtue. Or war is politics by other means. War is a quasi-mystical experience where you get in touch with the real. There are millions of narratives we impose to try to make sense of war.
Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.
The opposite of war is not peace, it's creation.
War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.
Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
People always make war when they say they love peace.