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War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible.

I've been to war, and I know the consequences and sacrifice it takes. If we must fight, we fight to win.

War is an arena for the display of courage and virtue. Or war is politics by other means. War is a quasi-mystical experience where you get in touch with the real. There are millions of narratives we impose to try to make sense of war.

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

War means fighting, and fighting means killing.

The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war.

War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent.

I think it is a mistake to focus - as we most often do - only on the sacrifice of life that war requires. War also requires that we sacrifice our normal unwillingness to kill.

War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.

War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable.