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Blunders are an inescapable feature of war, because choice in military affairs lies generally between the bad and the worse.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

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

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

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.

There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.

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.