In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
War is not, in itself, a condition so much as the symptom of a condition - that of international anarchy.
There never was a war that was not inward.
There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.
A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.
War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.
War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.
War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
All war represents a failure of diplomacy.
War implies a lack of comprehension of mutual national interests; it means the undermining and even the end of culture.
Now, I believe that war is never inevitable until it starts, but there has been a great proclivity in human history, and including in recent history, for war.
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