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I don't go around trying to stir up foreign wars.

You should never take military intervention off the table. When you do so, you give an out to a rogue nation or rogue actors.

You come back from war, and you have a certain authority to talk about war.

Politicians do not enter into wars lightly. It is usually the military themselves who are keener to become involved.

I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character or to promote the progress of civilization or to achieve the reign of justice on earth. So far, they have not come forward with the explanation.

First of all, war is a very, very difficult thing to deal with, even on the good days.

Never go to war unless your willing to win.

I'm pretty sure I'm not at war with myself.

I think there's a tremendous split between people who've been through a war and people who haven't.

I'm really interested in how conflicts arise and how they reach points of no return. I'm no pacifist. Sometimes force is necessary. But war is a choice.