September 29

Worse than all the troubles and horrors of war is the perversion of minds it causes. Armies exist and the cost of war exists, and people must wrestle to find explanations for what exists. War cannot be explained with the intellect, so to justify it, people create intellectual perversions.

 

Is there anything more absurd than a person having a right to kill me because we live on two opposite banks of the river, and our kings quarrel with each other?

— Blaise Pascal

 

The time will come when people will understand the stupidities of war.
— Charles Riche

 

European countries have about four million people serving in the army. Two thirds of their budget are spent on military spending.

— Gustave De Molinari

 

Do not try to justify war or the existence of the military. If you try to apply logical thought to explain things that are evil, the effort will only prevent your intellect and poison your heart.