Wars are begun by frightened men.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
War is fear cloaked in courage.
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
Wars and conflicts are not inevitable. They are caused by human beings.
Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.
War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.
Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.
Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it.
War is the province of danger.
War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.
Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.