War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster

In our Country . . . one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world but I am sure we would be getting reports from hell before breakfast.

You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace.