War - Philosophy VII

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"Accursed be he that first invented war."
Christopher Marlowe ((1564-1593)

"So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!"
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

"There never was a good war, or a bad peace."
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

"Well, fancy giving money to the Government!
Might as well have put it down the drain.
Fancy giving money to the Government!
Nobody will see the stuff again.
Well, they've no idea what money's for -
Ten to one they'll start another war."
A.P. Herbert (1890-1871)

"Happy is that city which in time of peace thinks of war."
Burton, ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY

"Tell me not (Sweet) I am unkind,
That from the nunnery
Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind,
To war and arms I fly."
Richard Lovelace (1618-1658)

"Ben Battle was a soldier bold,
And used to war's alarms:
But a cannon-ball took off his legs,
So he laid down his arms!"
Thomas Hood (1799-1845)

"A lot of hard-faced men who look as if they had done very well out of war."
Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947)