Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.
I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so.
For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did I fully realize it.
No one hates war like a soldier hates war.
I don't believe in war as a solution to any kind of conflict, nor do I believe in heroism on the battlefield because I have never seen any.
War is like love; it always finds a way.
I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.
Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
How do I feel about war? Well anybody I guess, I hope, I don't like it.
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