Quoth Lincoln, et al…
Universal truths about war…
“There is no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish by the sword.”
— The Bible, Matthew 26:52
“I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: “Mother, what was war?”
— Eve Merriam
“Can anything be more ridiculous than that a man should have the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of the water, and because his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have none with him?”
— Blaise Pascal
“You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.”
— Jeannette Rankin
“Those who prefer victory to peace will have neither.”
— Anonymous