It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.

So long as there are men, there will be wars.

As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.

As long as there are slaughter houses there will always be battlefields.

The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.

War is father of all, and king of all. He renders some gods, others men; he makes some slaves, others free.

there was no foreign war, because this prince was always ready for war.

Yes, a war is inevitable. Firstly, there's you fellows who can't be trusted. And then there's the multitude who mean to have bathrooms and white enamel. Millions of them; all over the world. Not merely here. And there aren't enough bathrooms and white enamel in the world to go round.

As long as armies exist, any serious quarrel will lead to war.

War is the father of all and the king of all; it proves some people gods, and some people men; it makes some people slaves and some people free.

This is the nature of war, whose stake is at once the game and the authority and the justification. Seen so, war is the truest form of divination. It is the testing of one's will and the will of another within that larger will which because it binds them is therefore forced to select. War is the ultimate game because war is at last a forcing of the unity of existence.War is god.

Finally, we come to the real thing, the thing that makes men men, the thing were born for, Todd. War.