One day History will pass judgment on each of the nations at war; she will weigh their measure of errors, lies, and heinous follies. Let us try to make ours light before her!
A great nation assailed by war has not only its frontiers to protect: it must also protect its good sense. It must protect itself from the hallucinations, injustices, and follies which the plague lets loose.
Love of my country does not demand that I shall hate and slay those noble and faithful souls who also love theirs.
I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so.