All wars are wars among thieves who are too cowardly to fight and who therefore induce the young manhood of the whole world to do the fighting for them.

He who fights and runs away, May live to fight another day; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

War is death's feast.

Yes, quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down You'd treat if met where any bar is, Or help to half-a-crown.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Frankly, I'd like to see government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind.

... never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead.

When war begins, then hell openeth.