For me war has
For me war has become a flat, black depression without highlights, a revulsion of the mind and an exhaustion of the spirit. Ernie Pyle
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For me war has become a flat, black depression without highlights, a revulsion of the mind and an exhaustion of the spirit. Ernie Pyle
They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason. Ernest Hemingway
No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one. You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself. Ernest Hemingway
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ernest Hemingway
There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, could not have been prevented … The common man, I think, is the great protection against war. Ernest Bevin
A hospital alone shows what war is. Erich Maria Remarque
History is replete with examples of empires mounting impressive military campaigns on the cusp of their impending economic collapse. Eric Alterman
History is littered with the wars which everybody knew would never happen. Enoch Powell
Everything, everything in war is barbaric… But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being. Ellen Key
My theory is, strong people don’t need strong leaders. Ella Baker