A friend of mine dug up some quotes that we all can be reminded of from time to time:
It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get
hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way
to rid the human race of unneeded trash. ~Fred Woodworth
(If you're interested, Fred Woodworth
is an anarchist. Recently he's had to undergo some major surgery and
bills are piling up. I'm pretty tempted to send him a donation, and
make sure that he knows it's from that unneeded trash. If you're so
inclined, do the same.)
War
is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and
degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing
is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is
willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal
safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless
made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
--John Stewart Mill--
War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it, the crueler it is the sooner it will be over.
--William Tecumseh Sherman--
Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier.
--Samuel Johnson--
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