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I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all
moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired
a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the
wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengence,
more desolation. War is hell.

William Tecumseh Sherman

First, you are all serving the United States
of America and believe in the principles that make
it a free country. This not only gives you a
common bond with your fellow soldiers but also
guarantees you the same chance as the next man to
get ahead ...

From the oldest times, it has been considered
to be a privilege to be permitted to bear arms in
the defense of one's nation or people.

You, An American Soldier
The Soldier's Guide
U.S. Army Publication

Older men declare war. But it is youth that
must fight and die.

Herbert Hoover

You should never wear your best trousers when
you go out to fight for liberty and truth.

Henrik Ibsen

A pattern called a war.
Christl What are patterns for?

Amy Lowell

If a nation values anything more than
freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony
of it is that if it is comfort or money that it
values more, it will lose that too.

William Somerset Maugham

We have met the enemy and d

The only good Indians

Philip Henry Sheridan

Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and
Shovel them under and let we work--

I am the grass; I cover all.

Carl Sandburg

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