Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being.

Quote by Ellen Key

Topics: War Quotes

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life;...

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life;...

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives...

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives...

The educator must above all understand how to wait; to reckon all effects in the...

The educator must above all understand how to wait; to reckon all effects in the...

Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it...

Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it...

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

Art, that great undogmatized church.

Art, that great undogmatized church.

The emancipation of women is practically the greatest egoistic movement of the nineteenth century, and...

The emancipation of women is practically the greatest egoistic movement of the nineteenth century, and...

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives...

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives...

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported...

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported...

War begins like a pretty girl with whom every man wants to flirt and ends...

War begins like a pretty girl with whom every man wants to flirt and ends...

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

They are playing politics with this issue, and sending mixed signals to our troops and...

They are playing politics with this issue, and sending mixed signals to our troops and...

The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has...

The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has...

The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would give efficacy...

The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would give efficacy...

If I were an Al Qaeda guy, I wouldn't go out for a pizza.

If I were an Al Qaeda guy, I wouldn't go out for a pizza.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.

I will ignore all ideas for new works on engines of war, the invention of...

I will ignore all ideas for new works on engines of war, the invention of...

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the...

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the...

Only when the war propaganda of the victors is entered into the history books of...

Only when the war propaganda of the victors is entered into the history books of...