War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
War does horrible things to human beings, to societies. It brings out the best, but most often the worst, in our human nature.
War is the greatest failure of mankind.
War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent.
War is the science of destruction.
Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.'
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
War is a contagion.
War is a fundamental aspect of human existence. It's good to know what war entails and what the human sacrifice is.
War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.