What they say of us is that we have a peaceful time
Living at home, while they do the fighting in war.
How wrong they are! I would very much rather stand
Three times in the front of battle than bear one child.

And, they tell us, we at home
Live free from danger, they go out to battle: fools!
I’d rather stand three times in the front line than bear
One child.

I would fight of course. Oh, I would fight. Better destroy everything than surrender her.

For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage.

I would rather make love than war, but only because condoms kill millions of lives more enjoyably.

They prefer death to peace, others prefer death to war.
Any opinion can be preferred to life, which it seems so natural to love dearly.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

I'd rather get a brain tumor than go back to teaching.

Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.

I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.

Have I had two roads, I would have chosen their third.

I would rather have this life of combat than the moral calm and mournful stupor of these last years. God give me struggle, enemies, howling crowds, all the combot of which I am capable.

For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.

you want a battle? i'll give you war