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If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed forces, it is because we are all especially concerned for the welfare of those who are risking their lives in the cause of freedom.

All war aims for impunity.

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.

A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.

We wanted this war and now we’ve got it, and I’m not sure that we know what to do with it.

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn’t know what war is except from television.

Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.