I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes.
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.
Men and women who know the brutal reality of war, who know that war strips people of their very humanity, must unite in a new global partnership for peace.
War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent.
War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.
First of all, war is a very, very difficult thing to deal with, even on the good days.
War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.
I always felt that if countries knew each other better, there would be less war. Often, conflict goes with demonizing other countries and cultures.
War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable.
I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so.
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