"War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit……" — Alexander Berkman

War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood. It… - Alexander Berkman

"War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood. It degrades and stupefies with the sense that you are not responsible, that 'tis not yours to think and reason why, but to do and die,' like the hundred thousand others doomed like yourself. War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder."

— Alexander Berkman

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