It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.

People are deceived and drawn on step by step, till war, death and destruction are upon them.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.

War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.

It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped.

Oh, it is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization.

You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing!

Wars are not all evil, they are part of the grand machinery by which this world is governed.