T. S. Eliot Quotes About War
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We took up our positions, in obedience to instructions.
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When war is not just it is subsequently justified; so it becomes many things. In reality, an unjust war is merely piracy. It consists of piracy, ego and, more than anything, money. War is our century's prostitution.
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War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored nor accepted.
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The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.
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I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as it is barbarously said, liquidating enemies, is one of the most alarming developments of modern war and peace, from the point of view of those who desire the survival
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Justice itself tends to be corrupted by political passion.
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That meddling in other people's affairs...formerly conducted by the most discreet intrigue is now openly advocated under the name of intervention.
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War among men defiles this world.
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