As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

How is the world ruled and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read.

No matter what rallying cries the orators give to the idiots who fight, no matter what noble purposes they assign to wars, there is never but one reason for a war. And that is money. All wars are in reality money squabbles.

If we fix it so's you can't make money on war, we'll all forget what we're killing folks for.

When the rich make war, it's the poor that die.

It is impossible to give a soldier a good education without making him a deserter. His natural foe is the government that drills him.

Naturally the common people don't want war ... But after all it is the leaders of a country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along ... All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.