Thanks to Martin for sending this:
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.And here's another quote, from a less well-known philosopher:
I came from a world where the people believed that the opposite of war was peace. We found out the hard way that the opposite of war is more often slavery, and that strength, strength alone, can support freedom.Extra credit if you can tell me where this quote comes from.
