War does horrible things to human beings, to societies. It brings out the best, but most often the worst, in our human nature.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.
In war, people find themselves in extraordinary circumstances, and in those circumstances, they act in extraordinary ways. In war, you see people at their very best and their very worst, acting in ways you could never imagine. War is human drama at its most epic and most intense.
The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.
War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.
War is often about making the least-worst decision. The same could be said about politics. But the stakes are higher in war, when the commander-in-chief is called upon to defend the nation.
There's nothing good that comes out of war. It's simply hell on earth, and people survive, and people don't.
War is a tragedy. It's not pretty, and in my opinion, there are no winners. Everybody's a victim, from the one who's suffering pain to the person inflicting it.
War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.
War is a fundamental aspect of human existence. It's good to know what war entails and what the human sacrifice is.
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