All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Wars are expensive and dangerous. They're not political winners.
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
Most wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian endeavors to help people.
Almost all wars, perhaps all, are trade wars connected with some material interest. They are always disguised as sacred wars, made in the name of God, or civilization or progress. But all of them, or almost all of the wars, have been trade wars.
Wars have economies. And I don't mean financial economies, although that's often part of it. Why do people continue fighting these wars? There are financial incentives.
What are individuals in wars today? Expendable commodities, dead or alive.
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
For what can war, but endless war, still breed?
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