War Is Too Serious To Be Entrusted

A Man Who Waits To Believe In Action Before Acting Is Anything You Like, But He's Not A Man Of Action. It Is As If A Tennis Player Before Returning A Ball Stopped To Think About His Views Of The Physical And Mental Advantages Of Tennis. You Must Act As You Breathe.

I Don't Know Whether War Is An Interlude During Peace, Or Peace Is An Interlude During War.

On September 17, 1914, Erzberger, The Well-known German Statesman, An Eminent Member Of The Catholic Party, Wrote To The Minister Of War, General Von Falkenhayn, "we Must Not Worry About Committing An Offence Against The Rights Of Nations Nor About Violating The Laws Of Humanity. Such Feelings Today Are Of Secondary Importance"? A Month Later, On October 21, 1914, He Wrote In Der Tag, "if A Way Was Found Of Entirely Wiping Out The Whole Of London It Would Be More Humane To Employ It Than To Allow The Blood Of A Single German Soldier To Be Shed On The Battlefield!"

My Son Is 22 Years Old. If He Had Not Become A Communist At 22, I Would Have Disowned Him. If He Is Still A Communist At 30, I Will Do It Then.

Oh, To Be Seventy Again!